On Sun, Jan 01, 2006 at 04:00:53PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just installed Debian 3.1 Sarge on my hard drive. It was a > difficult install; it kept complaining about missing drivers.
Depending on which installer you used, and what sort of hardware you have, drivers can sometimes be an issue. I've noticed this especially with newer SATA controllers. In these situations, you're usually better off booting Knoppix to identify all your hardware first. Debian really should do a better job of hardware detection, IMHO. > When I finally booted it up all I got was a login prompt. I logged The basic Debian install is pretty sparse by design. I think this is a good thing, because I spend more time stripping things *out* of Fedora and Red Hat installs than I do adding things in on Debian. My main server is a "bloated" Debian install at 500M; I could have trimmed it down much further if needed. No other mainstream distro comes close in terms of compactness and maintainability, IMHO. You probably skipped the task selection during the install, which allows you to select things like a GUI desktop or other pre-packaged services. It's not too late, though. Just rerun /usr/sbin/base-config. Alternatively, you can use aptitude to install an entire desktop. The Debian documentation will tell you what packages are required; I think there are two or three meta-packages that you'll need, but I'm afraid I can't recall what they are off the top of my head. Once you know the package names, though, it's a matter of minutes to get them installed over a broadband connection. -- Re-Interpreting Historic Miracles with SED #141: %s/water/wine/g _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
