After numerous attepts to get fedora to start i removed the ethernet as suggested and bosh working... thanks

yeah i discovered that i needed to type start x..... now i feel stupid....
thanks once again.

I have put debian6-19-04-2012 on my sd card, started the Pi up, sat logged in and are now faced with
pi@raspberrypi:~$
what now?
pardon my stupidity im new to this and slightly lost...
all help appreciated..