Re: CHAT: Debian

On Fri, 27 Sep 2002 19:43, Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> En riponse ` Peter Clark <peter-clark@...>:
> >     Debian is probably (of all the distros out there) the most
> > intimidating to
> > install, because it still uses a text-mode installer (the pretty GUI
> > installer,
> > however, is slated to be in the next release).
>
> Well, text-mode installing is not too frightening for me, although I do
> prefer GUI installing.
>
>  However, if you go slow,
>
> > read
> > carefully, and follow the directions (which are large because they are
> > _exhaustive_), you shouldn't have any problems. The good news is that
> > you will
> > only need to install Debian once. From then on, upgrades are a piece of
> > cake
> > with apt-get.
>
> Good to know.
>
> >     Will you start with Woody (stable) or Sarge/Sid (testing/unstable,
> > although
> > at this point, there isn't much difference between them)?
>
> Wow! I don't intend to install Linux anytime soon! As I said, I first want
> to buy a second hard drive which will be completely devoted to Linux, while
> my first hard drive will stay devoted for Windows (I don't even know if
> it's possible, but I don't want to do it otherwise :)) ), and I'm not gonna
> buy this second hard drive soon (we still have to pay our TV and washing
> machine :)) ). So by the time I'll install Linux Sarge will be an old
> distribution ;))) .
That is how I've got my PC set up.  One first smaller drive for Windows (10
GB) and a larger one for Linux.

It works!

Wesley Parish

>
>  If you need
>
> > any help,
> > feel free to email me. Or check out your local LUG (Linux User Group)
> > at
> > http://lugww.counter.li.org/groups.cms?&cc=NL.
>
> Thanks!
>
> >     If someone less technical was trying to install Debian, I'd be a
> > littler
> > nervous. But if you can handle LaTeX, it should be a breeze. :)
>
> Well, it's more that I dare do things in LaTeX that I wouldn't dare with
> anything else, for the simple reason that it cannot hurt. But installing
> wrongly a new operating system *could* hurt. That's one of the reasons I
> want to have it installed on another drive: I want Linux to be physically
> separated from Windows, so that neither can create a problem to the other
> (I'm probably a bit paranoid, but there's also the other reason which is
> the fact I want to keep the full hard drive I have now for Windows :)) ).
>
> I wonder if it's possible to have Linux installed on another physical
> drive...
>
> Christophe.
>
> http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr
>
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