As everyone knows...debian is hell to install...however apt does tend to make your job easier...i just installed debian unstable(sid) on my machine today. the way i did is: downloaded first two cd's of woody and installed that...then downloaded first two cd's of sid put them in...changed my /etc/apt/sources.list file to add the two sid cdroms using the command:apt-cdrom add one at a time. then i typed apt-get dist-upgrade with only the two cd's in the sources.list. once this was done(and this last step took quiet a while) i edited the XF86Config file to support my monitor(getting X to work on debian is hard)..however a better way would have been to just copy the XF86Config file from another X install(for example your RH install) and then rename it as /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.i also had to edit my mouse device etc. since it did not recongnize it straight off...after having gone through all this...i typed startx and kde 3.1.5 popped up...i gotta say...debian is faster on my machine that any other distro i have ever tried...SuSE,mandrake,slackware,knoppix,red hat and a couple of others...and apt makes it just too good to resist..apt works like a dream doing everything for you. newayz this is how i did it...BTW i did try to install sid straight off but that somehow did not work for me since it just gave me a console(a bash emulator or something) and i had no idea where to go from there...hence i took this long cut...another easy way to have sid on ur machine is to install knoppix...it has excellent preconfiguration options and a ton of apps all on one LIVE CD. hope this helped. Rishabh
-- Rishabh Manocha http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/rmanocha **********Your Quote for the day********** Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world. --Kaiser Wilhelm ****************************************** On Fri, 30 Jan 2004, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: > I have been wanting to try out Debian for quite a while. However, a look > at the packages in the "stable" > distrib(http://packages.debian.org/stable/) put me off. > > So I decided to take a look at the "testing" > distrib(http://packages.debian.org/testing/). These seemed pretty good. > So I decided to take a look at the CD images provided > (http://mirrors.sec.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/debian/debian-unofficial/sarge/). > > > I have heard that just the first three CDs would be enough to start off. > However, unless I am mistaken, these CDs are created every week, most > probably with the latest updates (a great thing considering the RHL9 CD > images are static and all the updates thereon have to be downloaded > everytime). I cant but help wondering though how much testing is done on > the final CD images to see things dont break in any installation. > > However, the release notes talked about a change in the installation > process - using debian installer in this distrib. A random search on > google brought this page > (https://shop.linuxit.com.au/product_info.php?products_id=32) which > claimed that the weekly updated Sarge CDs are not bootable. Apparently > you need a woody CD to boot Sarge :)). The Australian Linux magazine has > a very good installation > walkthrough(http://articles.linmagau.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=455&page=1) > of this installler though which doesnt mention any such problems. > > Can the debian worshippers on this list tell this RHL guy about the > Truth that is Out There? > > - Sandip > > > -- > Sandip Bhattacharya http://www.sandipb.net > sandip at puroga.com > Puroga Technologies Pvt. Ltd. > http://www.puroga.com > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
