Sun, 1 Jan 2006 21:20:45 -0800 <daves111@peak.orgwrote:

I installed from cd I burned using the download as you install off
debian.org I think it was a successful download. All I have is like a
DS prompt after entering as the user I created during install. I can get
around a little using cd and dir but that's about it. I sort of expected a
desktop like knoppix. What do I do now?

Debian should not be your first distro - besides being a challenge
to install, for the newbie, Deb has many quirks as the one you're
describing.

daves111@peak.org wrote:
I installed from cd I burned using the download as you install off
debian.org I think it was a successful download. All I have is like a
DS prompt after entering as the user I created during install. I can get
around a little using cd and dir but that's about it. I sort of expected a
desktop like knoppix. What do I do now?

If you installed with the desktop stuff, then try running 'startx' (no
quotes) see if you get a GUI. if not, then try some of these commands:

apt-get install x-window-system
apt-get install kde (or gnome)
apt-get install kdm (or gdm) if you want it to boot to GUI right from boot.

some of that should get you started.