The story so far (2): Success with Debian 4.0?

Finally re-installed Debian 4.0 “etch” on the Toshiba Satellite Pro M10. It’s a dual-boot installation with Windows XP. I installed from a CD (I only used CD 1, .iso image available on the Debian website here. Using Jigdo to download is highly recommended. Find out more here).
One thing to note when burning an .iso image [...]

Installing Debian: A noob’s viewpoint

Yey, so I managed to get back my old Toshiba laptop (the one where the Ubuntu fiasco occurred) and install Debian on it. It has the advantage of not being used so if anything goes wrong I can just wipe the entire system and install Windows over it (sadly it is a rather reassuring thought).
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