[H-GEN] Debian install floppy boot problem

[Rick Phillips]

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On Tue, 2003-04-22 at 12:21, David Seikel wrote:
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>  --- Greg Black <gjb at gbch.net> wrote: 
> > [1] I don't know why people write installers that want to be
> >     clever with the display.  Plain text installers are easy to
> >     use and don't leave you in the middle of a dialogue about
> 
> It's part of the effort to make Linux "ready for the desktop".  I suspect
> that means, graphical OS installers, graphical app installers, graphical
> configuration, plug and pray, task bar, start menu, and compatability with
> Microsoft Office.
> 
David is right - the Xandros install is a beautiful thing - it asks
(from memory) 5 questions during the install and I think 2 of them are
for names and passwords.  It automatically partitions, sets up Samba and
NFS shares on existing networks, installs internal Lucent based modems
"out of the box" and is a dream for the uninitiated who want to use
Linux but don't want the steep learning curve.  If you want to get
Debian (Woody) up and running in a very quick time, I would certainly
recommend it.

Rick Phillips



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