On 18 Nov 2002 21:48:36 -0600 ZephyrQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've pretty much decided to take the Debian plunge, but now I need some > direction. > > Is it better to wipe my partition clean (it has SuSE 8 right now) and > then install? My /home partition is on another physical drive (for now) > so it will be fine, but what about other packages I have installed? > Save the tarballs and burn a CD? > > Also, who should I get the distribution from? I have a slow dial-up > connection, so downloading a whole system (with OOffice) is a bit > unweildy. I would also like a *little* dead-tree documentation to help > me through the install as I have heard it is a bear to accomplish.
Would selecting the packages from the debian c.d. set be o.k.? I would use aptitude to add the packages you want to the base install. I think you may want to avoid adding non debian packages to avoid the dreaded dependancy issues. ( Skilled Debian users jump in here! ) This is the very verbose debian instructions http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=2016 The official instruction may work fine for you http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/install.en.html I purchased a c.d. set before dsl was available in my village http://www.debian.org/CD/vendors/ But if your in Canada ... where I got mine: Vendor: ComputerHelperGuy URL: http://www.chguy.net URL for Debian Page: http://www.chguy.net/CDsets.html Allows Contribution to Debian: Yes Any problems or further specific questions please write the list again. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
