Re: Thoughts on installation

1998-10-13 Thread M.C. Vernon
> The second problem was installing X (an issue which I get the impression > is already being addressed). Basically the X configuration process died on > me all 4 times I tried it during install, leaving .dkpg-new files > everywhere, so the only option was to install only the base system, and > th

Re: Thoughts on installation

1998-10-13 Thread Tom Lear
On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, Dave Swegen wrote: > lilo.conf there and then in some manner. I would also like to say I think > the default lilo.conf is a mess, to put it mildly. It is badly > structured, makes the process of adding other images less than obvious and

Thoughts on installation

1998-10-12 Thread Dave Swegen
First of all a quick apology if it turns out the following message isn't being posted to the correct forum. A few weeks ago I switched from RH to debian, and was slightly dismayed at the installation process, which I found to be less than flexible. After wrestling with it for some six-seven hours