John, the net install should work just fine. in theory. I've used the very handy jigdo[1] to download iso's for debian woody.
I really, really wanted debian to work for me. I tried for months on a new box. the initial install was just fine. but when i tried to upgrade from 2.2 to the 2.4 kernel, my networking just died, and i couldn't figure out a way to get it to work. tried a bunch of things, there were some reports of the same problem on newsgroups, but no answers (that i found). After getting sick of hardware that was just sitting there not working for me, i installed redhat 9.0. the install was painless and the defaults are much more sensible these days. and while i prefer ports tree/apt-get to rpm, redhat's new up2date feature doesn't get any easier to keep your system in shape. good luck with debian. phil [1] http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/ On Thu, 9 Oct 2003, John Hunter wrote: > > I am about to get a new computer (standard pentium PC) and plan to > install debian. I have always used redhat, but my recent exposure to > debian has made me a convert. I plan to use a minimal woody install > CD and do the rest over the network since I have a T1. My question > is: 1) is this the right way to proceed and 2) will the minimal > install disk recognize my hardware and add the right packages as redhat > does or do I need something extra for hardware config? > > Any other advice? > > Thanks, > JDH > _______________________________________________ > Bits mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.sugoi.org/mailman/listinfo/bits > -- Hara hachi-bun-me. _______________________________________________ Bits mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sugoi.org/mailman/listinfo/bits
