---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 22:51:31 -0700 From: Ken Rea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Linux Servers mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Multiple recipients of list SERVER-LINUX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Out of ptys
Yep, I didn't care much for dselect either. I can understand what they are trying to do but I think it is overly complex. What I ended up doing was installing the most of it then going in and changing a lot of the startup stuff to the slack ware style that I'm used to. That has worked rather well. It took a bit of time but the server runs like I want it to. There is a nice mix of the admin stuff that comes with the debian and the rest is straight forward like the slackware is. If anything needs to be updated I just get the package from where ever it comes from and update it my self with out the dselect program. I think it works better that way. Ken Rea On Wed, 25 Sep 1996, Jon Lewis wrote: > On Tue, 24 Sep 1996, Michael Dillon wrote: > > > Stop right there. This is a list for SERVER's. Format your hard drive and > > install RedHat http://www.redhat.com or Debian http://www.debian.org > > Since traffic has been relatively sparse, I hope people won't mind a > slightly off-topic followup. > > Is it just me, or is the Debian distribution's install system (dselect) > horribly user unfriendly? I had to setup a new linux box for a friend a > few days ago, and thought it would be a perfect chance to try out Debian. > Having no time for look for an RTFM, I just jumped in, made the necessary > boot and install floppies, booted them, installed the "base system" and > tried installing the rest. That's where things went downhill real fast. > > Getting dselect to install the packages I wanted was a real pain...it kept > bitching at me about dependancies and requirements, and the end result was > my booting slackware and installing slackware 3.1. > > One day, when I have some spare time, I'll go looking for the manual > (assuming there is one) on dselect, so I can try again...or maybe I should > give Red Hat another shot. I tried it briefly over a year ago, and hated > it. I like/respect a lot of the Debian developers though...so I think I'd > be happer with it, if I could just install the darn thing. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Jon Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Unsolicited commercial e-mail will > Network Administrator | be proof-read for $199/hr. > ________Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key_______ > Ken Rea [EMAIL PROTECTED]
