> How long would it have taken an experienced Linux user to do a quick > install of three different distributions just to make sure something > major wasn't missing? Maybe a day at most?
W install all three distributions on our TRI-LINUX cd on two different boxes ... one that is all IDE and one that has a NCR SCSI and a AHA 1542. It takes about 3 hours when two of us are working on it. We then create a gold, verify it bit for bit, and test the install one more time. Before we ship a "silver" CD we do a bit for bit test again and usually install one of the three distributions. The Debian 1.3 install is much improved from previous versions. It autodetected the subdirectory where I put the startup stuff and required only a single boot floppy. A far cry from the 6 floppies needed in previous versions. I think the quality and ease of the basic installation is now second to none. -Dan Linux System Labs (The Linux Publishing Company) TRI-LINUX with Debian 1.3, Red Hat 4.2 and Slackware 3.2 is now shipping! check out http://www.lsl.com -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .