sorry kent, mail wasn't send to the list, check out knoppix http://www.knoppix.net or the version from kano (based on knoppix) called kanotix http://www.kanotix.com both are cd-bootables, complete linux with an easy install script, which actualy copies the complete CD (~2.3GB of sw in an compressed filesystem) to HD. voila, around 40 minutes later, you have a running debian system! worked on every from the 8 - 10 PCs i had tried so far.
knoppix is a mixture from sarge (testing) and sid (unstable) and kanotix is pure sid, with a couple of fixes, knoppix does not have. they both have a very good forum where one can get help quickly. linux install and use easy from scratch! if even this does not work, you can go screaming! ;-) cheers Guenter Am Fr, den 23.07.2004 schrieb Kent West um 4:07: > John Hechtman wrote: > > > I moved from Suse to Slackware, because the stock Suse was WAY slow. > > > > And then from Slackware to Debian because no one can tell me why my floppy > > drive mounts in read-only in Slackware when using any GUI. > > > > Now I've dl'd the Debian CD iso images and burned them to disks. > > This is with the 'Woody' 30r2-i386 set of seven CD's, plus the updates CD. > > > > I started the install, and it went fine through the first part. > > > > But it breaks each time at 'Configuring Locales'. You can select more > > locales, but the 'Enter' key will not give an 'accept' - it just sits > > there. > > No key on the keyboard will 'accept', and get me past this. > > In fact, after it breaks on the first cycle, the 'Enter' key brings up the > > 'Help' menu. > > > > This is using disk 1 - the 'vanilla' kernel. I tried it with bf24 to > > see if that helps - it didn't. > > > > Can't I get a stock version of Linux to run 'out of the box', with decent > > speed? I'm not asking a lot, Web access, email, and a functioning floppy > > drive... > > > > Further, the Debian install doc, which was lovingly detailed up to Chapter > > 8, breaks down and does not deal with several of the screen options > > presented during setup. Including, of course, the 'Configuring Locales' > > option, or any way of avoiding it. > > > > Can I scream now, or must I wait? > > You can scream any time you want. You're going to be frustrated no > matter what, if you're new to Linux. It's a different world. On the > other hand, once you've spent some time here, going back to Windows will > frustrate you more. So if you're going to turn back, do it now, before > you get spoiled. > > I can't answer your specific question, but I can tell you that if you > have network access, you'll do better to forget the CDs and instead > download the 100MB CD image for the new beta Sarge installer, and > install just the base stuff, then use the network to pull down what you > want. You'll get fresher (newer) packages, and it'll probably go a lot > smoother (the new beta installer is better than the old Woody installer). > > You can find the beta installer at: > http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ > > -- > Kent > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
