"Tilly, Lawrence" wrote:
> To begin, I am a Debian user, and have not had install problems any
> of the times I've gone through the process. I will admit that it's probably
> not for the average "I just bought my first computer" user, but for myself,
> it's fine. Personally, as long as the job gets done efficiently, an
> installer is one of my smallest concerns about an OS...you will probably
exactly. the more bells and whistles an installer has, the longer it takes to
get the system up and running (getting the X installer running from the
CDROM takes _forever_.
> What I AM writing is to ask about the above statement. Could you
> give a more specific example of "multiple paths" as far as you see them?
> The end goal of any installer should be "system up and running." Likewise,
> they all have the same starting point..."no system" (I believe this thread
> is not referring to upgrades...just installations). Debian, and I'm sure
> all distro installers, allow you to choice what your system will "look like"
> when the install is done (server, works station, etc.), but these are not
> truly "multiple paths" according to your statement. Thanks in advance for
> the clarification.
What I mean by multiple paths is you have alternatives during the installation.
Like instead of using debian to parition my disks, i drop to another console,
do it myself, then i go back to the main installation screen and select the
alternative to setting up partitions, which is just mounting them.
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