hi: Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
> Ron Flory wrote: > > As I am new to Debian, please let me know if I've overlooked some > > fundamental Debian design philosophy. > nope, we just did not have the time to get everything in we wanted. > Sorry for the inconvenience. > > Of course, you can still install from http.us.debian.org or somesuch, > and it is only 1 12mb file it grabs, so even over modem it is an hour > download. yes. However I'm preparing an install guide for Debian, and will be performing several dozen 'test' installs over the next few days. I already have all the file. Loading from a local site vs. over a modem could add up to a significant amount of time by the time i'm through ;) anyway, I know how to work around these issues at my site, my point was that newbies probably won't be able to... bye- ron

