[Gllug] Debian gateways

[robin.c.smith at bt.com]

>> I was always scared to move to Debian because I imagined it 
>> was a b at st@rd to
>> use but have now realised that it would have been much to my 
>> advantage if I
>> had tried it when I started out.
>> 
>> For anyone in two minds about trying it, give it a go and 
>> after you have got
>> to grips with apt and dselect then I think most people would love it.
>
>I also installed Debian on a server at the weekend and after initial
>problems it went very smoothly.
>
>I think if you are doing a floppy/network install it seems that you have
>to go through loads of floppies before you get one that boots correctly.
>Also I had a silly problem that stumped us for a long time - the base
>debs were giving a "file corrupted" message but it was due to us not
>giving the install partition enough space (doh!).

13 floppies to get Debian installed from the network ( cable modem ), the
box didn't have a CD-ROM drive.
Robin

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