Marc Koenders said: > Installing Debian is something you dont do at 02:00 at night. You gotta > make sure you are awake and alert. Read the messages Debian pops. Even > if your only option is OK or Continue. Or else. > I decided to do install from the netinstall iso (woody) and since the > 2.4 kernel somehow did not recognise my usb keyboard i had to go for the > standard kernel and do without my usb mouse till after install. > Since I, being cocky from many successfull Redhat, Suse and Mandrake > installs on other machines, did not follow my advice to be awake while > installing i ran into some nice unexpected trouble. dselect is probably > a nice tool but eh IMHO even the FreeBSD netinstall has a more > userfriendly installer. > When installing debian on my servers that are use for STABLE production machines. I use bonzai debian linux, it uses the 2.4.20 kernel and includes auto-detection code, as the debian installer.
BUT and this is the important part. IT USES ALL STABLE PACKAGES. (Ignoring the kernel.) Saves me time, and installs a completely normal debian stable box. Otherwise, I have to putz around for an intel gigabit network card drive. -- --Luke CS Sysadmin, Montana State University-Bozeman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
