Re: hamm (fresh) install considerations
On 01 Feb 1998 22:42:53 EST, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> I'm considering a fresh hamm install, however I haven't found much
> information about installing hamm fresh. I presume that bash and libc
> would be non-issues (at least for installation), but beyond that, what
> can I expect, in terms of errors -- both quantity and complexity?
>
> There aren't any hamm install disks yet AFAIK. You have to install
> bo, then upgrade to hamm.
Oh -- that wasn't what I expected.
> Also, I've always installed debian with cdrom and this time I want to
> start with a hard drive install, but I only want to download selected
> packages, then follow up with ftp. Will dselect panic if many packages
> in the list of available packages aren't on my hard drive? If so,
> what's a good way to generate a list of available packages, or is this
> a bad thing?
>
> I think this will work. But remember that upgrading to hamm replaces
> every package, not just a few, due to the fundamental glibc changes.
> This means that you end up downloading hundreds of megabytes for large
> installs.
Hmm.. I suppose I can install a base bo and upgrade that.
Thanks again Ben,
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