On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 01:07:46PM +0100, Thomas Jollans wrote: > On 2005-01-02 05:40:01 +0100 KEG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Sorry to be a pain but...
As a newcomer to the Debian-Installer, I was facing similar initial orientation problems when trying out the debian-installer for the first time last weekend (I use Debian woody for quite some time now). > I don't know exacly what you want. If > a) you have a fast permanent conection to the internet, get a sarge > netinst cd. download as you install. > b) you have a LOT of bandwidth, but only right now, get a full CD set. > That gives you a lot of flexibility. > c) you don't have that much bandwidth, and only right now, use jigdo. > I can't help you there. > d) you actually don't have access to the internet, buy a full cd od > dvd set from somewhere. in Germany, there are people who sell sets > with 12 cds or 2 dvds for about 15 euros. > e) you're a bloody newbee and want it as easy as possible for the > moment, try something like ubuntu. Since ubuntu was basically debian, > the switch later will be easy (I think.) But, the debian-installer > makes it very easy, actually. This explanation would be very helpfull in general for a newcomer to the debian-installer. May I suggest to add this text to http://www.nl.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ Thanks, Peter
