On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 07:39:01PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 10:09:11AM -0700, belahcene abdelkader wrote: > > hi everybody, > Welcome, > > > I use redhat and want to switch to debian, > > but my first problem is the installation procedure. I > > don't speek about GUi. > > I tried to install the sarge, I download it ( 3 CD), > > there is a problem in keyboard and other things. OK I > > tried another way, I download sarge-installer.iso I > > tried it, it seems better the previous > > sarge-i386-netinst ( I want to install from sagre-CD > > ), but there also a problem for writing lilo on the > > mbr. > > Someone has an idea how to help me. > > Get the installer from the current release (Woody) > and do a "distupgrade" if you really want to use "unreleased" software.
I wonder if doing a woody boot-floppies install, and just changing the apt sources.list to point to sarge/sid before following up with the install process should be a possibility. I remember having done so some month ago, without major problems, but time has passed since, and the sarge/sid packages have newer versions and so on. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
