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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers putting Linux on an old windows PC Post 302535100 by Skrynesaver on Wednesday 29th of June 2011 07:38:50 PM
Old 06-29-2011
Just download and burn a CD install image, stick it in the CD drive, edit the BIOS to ensure the machine boots from CD if present and restart the box.

After that, follow the instructions on screen.

For first time users I'd recommend Ubuntu but if you try it and don't like it head over to distrowatch and try a few others
 

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DI-NETBOOT-ASSISTANT(1) 					   User Commands					   DI-NETBOOT-ASSISTANT(1)

NAME
di-netboot-assistant - Debian-Installer netboot assistant SYNOPSIS
di-netboot-assistant [-hv] [--verbose] [--offline] {[install image...] | [purge image...] | [rebuild-menu] } [--arch=arch] DESCRIPTION
di-netboot-assistant is a simple tool to download and extract latest debian installer netboot images. Unless the -h, --help, -v, or --version option is given, one of the commands below must be present. install install is followed by a repository name desired for installation. The repository name has to be one of those declared in /etc/di- netboot-assistant/di-sources.list. The image will be installed/extracted in the default location (declared in /etc/di-netboot- assistant/di-netboot-assistant.conf). purge purge will remove a previously installed d-i netboot image, according to the image name specified. OPTIONS
rebuild-menu rebuild-menu will rebuild the to level menu. It's only usefull if you have installed some client images that have such top level menu (like i386, amd64 and ia64). This command takes no argument. -h, --help Print this message and exit -v, --version Print script version and exit --arch=arch Specify the architecture you want to install or purge. The architecture you can use for the install action must be declared in /etc/di-netboot-assistant/di-sources.list. The architecture you can use for purge action in one of those you previously installed ! The usable architectures can be listed by leaving --arch= empty. The default architecture is the current one (as reported by dpkg's APT::Architecture). --verbose Verbose messages --offline Don't download the file (simply re-extract and build menu) PROXY
di-netboot-assistant uses wget or curl to actually download the files. You can set the environnement variables accordingly. AUTHOR
di-netboot-assistant was written by Frank Lin PIAT <fpiat@klabs.be>. Franklin Piat May 2008 DI-NETBOOT-ASSISTANT(1)
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