new handbook, basic LiveCD, stage 2. and yes, the cow is behind the cli, which is what I am so amused about. I've never had a background piccie on my terminal.
For some reason i seemed to lose access to the CD when I mounted things up on the physical hard drive... links2 (which I used to download that initial file) was no where to be found, and believe me, I looked.
hey secret: do I need a bootloader if I'm not dual-booting? the guide makes it seem like I do, but I've never single-booted linux before, so... murky waters ahead... well, off to try this again!