I just installed the beta debian 1.1, over a very old Slackware system (I'm going to update a debian 0.96 system soon, using floppies no less).
I used .deb files that I had ftp'ed on April 26, but the boot,root,base disks I freshly ftp'ed. It went very smoothly. One trouble is that I find the dselect "Select" screen confusing. Admittedly, It is not immediately obvious to me which line is the "selection". Also I was surprised, the first time I used dselect, to see each section (admin, doc, text, etc.) show up multiple times. I would prefer not starting in a split-screen mode here. Another trouble was when dselect throws you into its conflict/dependency sublists. I was afraid to hit 'Enter' (to get back to the main package list), for fear it would end the whole package selection process. Of course, I didn't know that I could go back to the "Select" screen even if I did accidentally leave it. Another trouble was in the "Access" screen, but only because I was rushing and didn't read all the help that went with the "Distribution top level" prompt. It was also confusing that it was looking for a directory named .../stable/binary, when the 1.1 beta distribution is in .../unstable/binary. After regaining familiarity with it, however, I really like dselect. I don't see how a 80x24 chui could be made much better, while still having all the power that it has. -- Steve Preston ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) PS: Did something happen to the debian-user list? I haven't gotten any email on it for almost a whole day.
