#include <hallo.h> * Jim Lynch [Mon, Nov 25 2002, 09:54:10AM]: > > What we need to accept is there is a (percieved??) > > problem, or problems, with Debian as it stands today, > > these being (mainly) > > > > Hard to install (rubbish obviously) > > Nono, this is true, and primarily due to boot-floppies. One problem is
Are you kidding? He compares the Gentoo cludge (manuall bootstrapping) with semi-intelligent boot-floppies setup. > that it's quite difficult to work on boot floppies and then get > everything uptodate on the image and everything pointing right, etc. What? What do you mean? When did you install Debian the last time, in Slink days? > It's also difficult to build. Compared to which alternative? > debian-installer is much easier to build, is modular and also decouples FUD. Go and try first. From scratch! Gruss/Regards, Eduard. -- -"640 K ought be enough" Bill G. , 1984 -"The Internet is not a primary goal for PC usage" Bill G. , 1995 -"Linux has no impact on Microsoft's strategy" Bill G. , 1999
