> What is the best way to install Debian testing/(woody packages) & KDE, when > the install is to 2001 HW, and is done entirely through a 56K modem? (So, > an important consideration is minimizing the ammount of data DL'd.) (Also > important is getting the X drivers for the video HW.) > > Should one: > 1. Install base system (potato). > 2. Install X. > 3. Install KDE. > 4. Do dist-upgrade. > > Or: > 1. Install base system. > 2. Do dist-upgrade. > 3. Install X. > 4. Install KDE. The second option, most definitely. I firstly tried to upgrade a fairly broken potato setup to woody, but that did not work out too well at all. I wiped it, and then just installed the base system from my potato cd's. Once you get into dselect, ^C out of it and edit your sources.list to point to testing. apt-get update && apt-get -fuy dist-upgrade and I had a basic woody system. Fire up dselect again and actually choose all the packages you want to install. If you're on a 56k line (like I am), be prepared for a long wait; it took about 20 hours of downloading for me to get a fairly complete setup with KDE2.1.1 (the latest at the time) and the Debian GNOME packages. > > Or, some other way? > > PS: any gotchas or tips or things to watch out for? It was a while ago, but one thing I do remember is to make sure you use debconf rather than debconf-tiny, which seems to have some issues with perl 5.6.1. > PPS: Would it be necessary, or suggested, in the above steps to install > more than just the base system in step 1? (Ie., rather than doing that > after KDE is installed.) If you can manage the above steps without X, then you will be much better off not installing anything more than a fairly bare base system. The naming of the X packages changed quite a bit between potato and woody, so you will save yourself some grief if you only have to install one set of them. One last thing: If you are concerned that XFree86 4 does not support your video card, check up www.xfree86.org.
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