[Gllug] Debian gateways

[Paul Brazier]

> 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!).

I should be getting a broadband connection shortly and I think this is
where the main advantage of Debian lies so I may change my RH7.1 over to
Debian once I get sorted. Not sure how easy this will be to keep my
existing relevant /etc config files and /home (they are all on one
partition). I guess you can have two different Linux distros dual
booting while you change over?

Paul.


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