I am not sure if we are on the same page. The apt is installed and working - but I can't get any further then that.
here is one of my problems: Fatal server error: no screens found This happents when I try to start startx ============================================ > -----Original Message----- > From: Lucas Albers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 11:55 PM > To: Gruessle > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Redhat to Debian conversion > > > Debian is harder to setup then redhat. > I've used both. > Just stay with redhat, you'll really appreciate debian after you've been > doing things for awhile. At first the Debian way will seem stupid. > > Then some day you'll go aha, I see why they do it this way. > I think Debian rocks, but the hard part for me is not installing, it's > maintaining my existing farm of machines. > Read the howto installation documentation for installation. > Just select the default choices for everything on the Debian install. > The hardest part for debian is getting it to guess the network card. > Once you have that done, you are home free. > Once you get apt going you have pay-back. > > If you are really having problems try installing libranet, it uses the > debian archives, so you can upgrade to debian, but it is designed to > auto-detect and configure everything for a desktop. > Libranet is 100% package compatible with debian.) > (Ok, ignore the exceptions, you know what I am talking about.) > > > Wish I could figure out how to install discover within the installer, so I > don't have the pry the case open to see what network card it has. > > > > > I am new to Linux and for 2 1/2 days I been trying to install Debian. > > Well I have the very basics installed but that is really all I got. > > > > Now I have Redhat and that is easy to install. > > Somewhere I read that it is posible to convert a Redhat install to Debian. > > > > I am wondering if that is maybe easyer then installing Debian. > > > > And what are the good and bad points. > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
