On Friday 20 June 2003 07:08, Bijan Soleymani wrote: > On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 21:50, Joyce, Matthew wrote: > > I have been using Debian for about 18 months now. > > I like it and prefer it to other dristos I have tried. > > > > Today I had to install Redhat 9 on a system. > > It detected everything. A totally good experience installing this > > os. > > > > I'm not saying I will be moving from Debian to redhat, but I do > > wish Debian would address the install procedure. > > > > Clearly it is possible to have comprehensive hardware detection, so > > presumably somewhere someoene is choosing not to address this > > issue. > > > > What is the reason debian does not install like other OSs ? > > Try Knoppix it is based on Debian and does all that detection. > > There's no good reason why Debian doesn't.
Oh, really? Please come back, when you have a working KNOPPIX running on MIPS or Sparc, and then we will talk. -- /* You can always count on Americans to do the right thing; - after they've tried everything else. Winston Churchill */ Aryan Ameri -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]