>>"Michael" == Michael P Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Michael> On 08/03/02 Manoj Srivastava did speaketh:
>> I beg to differ. A computer is a marvelous, versatile,
>> flexible, configurable tool, and, I prefer to actually learn how
>> to use ones tools.
Michael> As with everythin
On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 07:57:31PM +0800, Craig Sampson wrote:
>
> Something like 'would you like to import package selections
> from floppy (or other) disk' would be just great.
>
It is there. Recently installed woody on about 20 machines with the
following method:
1. On some mac
Craig Sampson wrote (on 12 Mar 2002 at 19:57):
> I may have missed something (sure hope so), but what I'd find
> immensely useful is a way of being able to choose, at install (or
> other) time what packages I want then save this selection 'list'
> to a file so that when I next install Debian on an
On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 11:37:08 -0800, Bedford, Donald T. wrote:
>a few years back. Yes, my first install on a x86 box as
>anything but easy as
>I build my own box. But, I now know more about my system than
>I ever did w/
>RH. This is why I chose the Debian path instead of re-
>installing RH on the
On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 11:37:08AM -0800, Bedford, Donald T. wrote:
>Yes, if I may pipe-in on this one... I am a Debian newbie from the RH world
>a few years back. Yes, my first install on a x86 box as anything but easy as
>I build my own box. But, I now know more about my system than I ever did w/
on the
new system.
Auto-detect would be nice but I sure learned a lot when it didn't...
-don
-Original Message-
From: Oki DZ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 4:42 PM
To: Michael Marziani
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: The future of Debian in
On Fri, 8 Mar 2002 15:19:59 -0500
"Michael P. Soulier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 08/03/02 Manoj Srivastava did speaketh:
>
> >I beg to differ. A computer is a marvelous, versatile,
> > flexible, configurable tool, and, I prefer to actually learn how
> > to use ones tools.
>
>
On 08/03/02 Manoj Srivastava did speaketh:
> I beg to differ. A computer is a marvelous, versatile,
> flexible, configurable tool, and, I prefer to actually learn how
> to use ones tools.
As with everything in life, I prefer to have the choice. I'm using Debian
because it's the best,
On Friday 08 March 2002 13:36, David Jardine wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 11:12:53AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> > >>"Francisco" == Francisco M Marzoa Alonso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > Francisco> An elitist... well, if you can configure X from scratch
> > Francisco> faster than
On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 11:12:53AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >>"Francisco" == Francisco M Marzoa Alonso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Francisco> An elitist... well, if you can configure X from scratch
> Francisco> faster than the computer itself, then you should think
> Francisco> abou
>>"Francisco" == Francisco M Marzoa Alonso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Francisco> An elitist... well, if you can configure X from scratch
Francisco> faster than the computer itself, then you should think
Francisco> about go to the Guinness show. Computers are done to make
Francisco> our lifes
on Fri, Mar 08, 2002, Oki DZ ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Francisco M. Marzoa Alonso wrote:
> >Well, I don't know how RH goes now, but the first RH distribution I test
> >about seven years ago (4.x or so...) has an installation like the one
> >Debian has today.
>
> The install part on RH is bet
Alonso [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 5:07 AM
To: Oki DZ
Cc: Michael Marziani; debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: The future of Debian install??
On Friday 08 March 2002 06:55, Oki DZ wrote:
> Francisco M. Marzoa Alonso wrote:
>
> The install part on RH
On Friday 08 March 2002 06:55, Oki DZ wrote:
> Francisco M. Marzoa Alonso wrote:
>
> The install part on RH is better than what's in Debian, even today;
> especially when it goes to X. I never said that fresh install in Debian
> was easier. On Debian, it is a _lot_ easier when installing individual
- Original Message -
From: "Oki DZ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Francisco M. Marzoa Alonso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Michael Marziani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: The future of Debian install??
Francisco M. Marzoa Alonso wrote:
Well, I don't know how RH goes now, but the first RH distribution I test
about seven years ago (4.x or so...) has an installation like the one Debian
has today.
The install part on RH is better than what's in Debian, even today;
especially when it goes to X.
On Wednesday 06 March 2002 01:41, Oki DZ wrote:
> Michael Marziani wrote:
> > I've installed debian quite a few times and it's not a big deal, but
> > every once in a while I wish it would just auto-detect my network card,
> > graphics card, etc just to save me the trouble of looking them up. Not
On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 04:46:23PM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
>
> On 05-Mar-2002 Michael Marziani wrote:
> > I've installed debian quite a few times and it's not a big deal, but
> > every once in a while I wish it would just auto-detect my network card,
> > graphics card, etc just to save m
On 05-Mar-2002 Michael Marziani wrote:
> I've installed debian quite a few times and it's not a big deal, but
> every once in a while I wish it would just auto-detect my network card,
> graphics card, etc just to save me the trouble of looking them up. Not
> to mention that xfree86setup is a pain
Michael Marziani wrote:
I've installed debian quite a few times and it's not a big deal, but
every once in a while I wish it would just auto-detect my network card,
graphics card, etc just to save me the trouble of looking them up. Not
to mention that xfree86setup is a pain.
Try to ask RedHat
I've installed debian quite a few times and it's not a big deal, but
every once in a while I wish it would just auto-detect my network card,
graphics card, etc just to save me the trouble of looking them up. Not
to mention that xfree86setup is a pain. Is auto-detecting a PS/2 mouse
really that ha
21 matches
Mail list logo
