On Monday 20 April 2009 19:21:30 Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mon,20.Apr.09, 15:59:04, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > I am planning to install Sid on a test machine. I may set up a dual or > > triple boot with other distros I want to look at, so being able to > > control the partitions is important. > > > > Googling, and searching the Debian site, seem to suggest that the best > > way of going about this would be to download a daily build of the > > installer and install from it; then immediately after installation, edit > > the sources.list to replace testing with unstable, aptitude update, > > (aptitude upgrade?), aptitude dist-upgrade. > > You can install sid directly if you use the business-card image and > select 'expert' install. You will be prompted for the distribution to > install. Of course, you need some decent connection to complete the > install, because the business-card image is to small to hold any > packages. > > Just be careful, when selecting the kernel choose 2.6.29-1-<flavor> > directly and not some of the dummy packages pulling the "latest" kernel > as they still point to 2.6.26 (which is not available in sid anymore). > It's not a fatal error (you can go back), but it will save you some > time. > > Regards, > Andrei
Thanks, Andrei. That is great. I shall try it - after all, I have nothing to lose but some time if I mess up. I might even try several methods out, to see which I prefer. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
