"unstable" in potato means it isn't a "final" release, meaning that whatever goals for potato aren't met yet, which, as I seem to hear, means that the boot floppies arent' what the Debian folks want them to be yet. Officially, it's 'install at your own risk', but several folks that I know are running it in production (my own co., the IWW, MSRI, etc.)
Works just like a charm, though the install is more klunky than, say, RH. But if you've done slink, potato will be really similar, just more disks. If you add a line for 'unstable' in your /etc/apt/sources.list i.e: deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free then run apt-get update and apt-get install satan. Subject: Re: Encounter with Satan Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 12:14:48 +0700 From: Oki DZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Ben Collins wrote: > It's a potato package. I see. It's a reason to upgrade. But, why do I need to...? I'm trying to getting used to slink. BTW, what is the meaning of "unstable" in potato? Crashes periodically? It's OK, but install at your own risk? Oki -- Glen S Mehn [EMAIL PROTECTED] GoMo Technologies Systems Administrator Can your email do this? http://www.gomomail.com