Hello, Having installed slink (twice) and upgraded to potato (twice) I'm wondering if somebody can give pointers to the appropriate tools/files to change for configuring different utilities. I have been running redhat since 5.0 to 6.1+ with rawhide. For rpm-based distributions I am rather confident in configuring, either changing the appropriate files or using linuxconf (not preferred). I'm also running the rpm-based Mandrake 6.1 and and Suse 6.2. For suse you also have the yast tool available.
However, learning more about GNU/Linux I thought it was time to also install Debian. I have been waiting for the potato release for a long time now, and when the release was delayed until next year I decided to go for slink and upgrade. The installation took a VERY long time, especially when things are installed and configured in the same session. Personally I think you should separate installation from configuration into different parts. The configuration could be made mandatory, but not until you have a bootable base system (HD and floppy) up and running. Also some kind of tree structure for configuring the different tools could be usable, the most important parts are configured first, and so on. In order to speed up the installation many of the configuration questions were answered with not-so-well-thought-out-answers by me. So, which tools to use/files to change for configuring: 1. Kernel modules 2. Daemons 3. Networking 4. Sound 5. X windows 6. Window managers 7. Printers 8. ppp/modem 9. Mail 10. User accounts 11. File systems/external drives 12. Runlevel dependant scripts, ... 13. What did I forget ... PS. - I really like the apt-get upgrade utility. dpkg is OK. dselect on the other hand is not very user friendly. - My questions sent to this list have been so far answered with very informative and competent answers. Thank you very much. Best regards, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
