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<DIV>This reply is for Ken (who was considering installing Debian) and Ben. Ben suggested you go with the sarge distribution. I would say that you should not use the sarge installation process given on the debian.org page. I actually tried it when I was working on the Woody installation. I figured that I would probably be working with the testing (sarge) distribution anyway. When I tried the sarge installation process, it failed to mount my swap space. Later research into it showed that the sarge install is built weekly. I think they may have a bug in it. </DIV>
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<DIV>I basically agree with Ben though. But use the Woody installation, and read over my original comments (they may help). Once you have installed woody then use apt-get to upgrade your distribution if you like.</DIV>
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<DIV>Bill Gooding</DIV>
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<DIV>// Original post</DIV>
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<DIV>Ken,<BR><BR>Debian unstable is NOT for production use. Honestly, I'd go with Sarge<BR>(testing) if I were you. Folks who use unstable (Sid) are expected to do<BR>bug reports regularly, and really participate in the development process in<BR>that manner. If you're willing to do that, and have your machine be<BR>bleeding edge, but always have the potential to break, lockup, etc., go for<BR>it. But the community view is that there is a feedback and assistance<BR>responsibility that is expected of Debian Unstable users. That being said,<BR>do what you like, but be warned that asking for help in any Debian forum<BR>will probably get you shorter shrift than usual as an unstable user.<BR><BR>Regards,<BR>Ben Pitzer<BR><BR>---------------------------------------------<BR><BR>"Those that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary<BR>safety<BR> deserve neither liberty nor safety."<BR> --Ben Franklin--<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>><I> -----Original Message-----<BR></I>><I> From: <A href="mailto:trilug-admin@trilug.org">trilug-admin@trilug.org</A> [mailto:<A href="mailto:trilug-admin@trilug.org">trilug-admin@trilug.org</A>]On Behalf<BR></I>><I> Of Ken Wahl<BR></I>><I> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 2:49 PM<BR></I>><I> To: <A href="mailto:trilug@trilug.org">trilug@trilug.org</A><BR></I>><I> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Debian installation.<BR></I>><I><BR></I>><I><BR></I>><I> Thanks, this was useful for me. I've been a Red Hat user since 6.2 and<BR></I>><I> I was thinking of giving Debian unstable a whirl. I wanted to ask for<BR></I>><I> this very type of feedback from RedHat users about their experiences<BR></I>><I> installing Debian but was afraid the question would come off as a troll<BR></I>><I> and/or start a distro war.<BR></I>><I> --<BR></I>><I> Ken Wahl <A href="mailto:ken@kenwahl.org">ken@kenwahl.org</A> <A href="http://www.kenwahl.org/">http://www.kenwahl.org</A><BR></I>><I> _______________________________________________<BR></I>><I> TriLUG mailing list<BR></I>><I> <A href="http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug">http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug</A><BR></I>><I> TriLUG Organizational FAQ:<BR></I>><I> <A href="http://www.trilug.org/faq/TriLUG-faq.html">http://www.trilug.org/faq/TriLUG-faq.html</A><BR></I>><I><BR></I><BR></DIV><p><hr SIZE=1>
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