At 05:45 PM 1/27/1999 +0100, Henning Makholm wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> * I, and I am positive I'm not alone, would be willing to download >> an extra (optional) disk at install time so I could get a basic man >> set, with the full package being available as it is now - just so I >> wouldn't be completely in the dark once the install program completed. > >Would instructions as to how to copy the .deb in question to a floppy >and install it with dpkg before running dselect suffice?
As someone with several months experience now with Linux, yes. As someone who's never seen a UNIX/Linux prompt or heard of dpkg and has a tremendous learning curve in front of him, I think the optional installation floppy is a better idea.
