On Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 07:22:20PM -0500, Matthew S. Hallacy wrote: > On Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 06:30:55PM -0500, nate at refried.org wrote: > > > Debian is harder to install than just about any other distro except > > > maybe slackware (Haven't reinstalled a slack box lately), things > > > like having to download the entire base and put in on what, 6 floppies? > > > > Uh, last I checked you only needed two floppies (rescue and root) to get > > a Debian install started. Then you can download base via NFS, FTP, or > > HTTP. The common drivers are on the rescue floppy. The drivers > > floppies are for uncommon hardware. > > > > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-install-methods.en.html: ^^^^^^ ANCIENT! Go get the woody install disks. > > dselect is an acquired taste. It took me a little while to understand > > it. aptitude is a great step beyond dselect, but it could still use > > some debugging. synaptic is another choice for GUI addicts. > > Unfortunately users don't have time to learn something they'll probably > never use again after the initial install, this isn't a learning curve, > it's a brick wall when you can't even get the system installed. Never use again? *astonished look* You can use dselect any time you want to install more software or do a complete upgrade. IIRC, you only get dselect if you said you didn't want to use task select. Nate