Re: Installing Debian from 2.1.R4 CD's...question

["Ron Stordahl" <ron.stordahl@digikey.com>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathan E Norman" <nnorman@midco.net>
To: "Debian User List" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 4:14 PM
Subject: Re: Installing Debian from 2.1.R4 CD's...question


----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathan E Norman" <nnorman@midco.net>
To: "Debian User List" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 4:14 PM
Subject: Re: Installing Debian from 2.1.R4 CD's...question

On the contrary Nathan,  I have read:

http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/i386/ch-hardware-req.en.html#s2.2

I can see how it could be concluded that by default these drivers will be
automatically installed, but the same reasoning would apply to the next
sentence in which it is stated that 'vfat' is supported, where supported
carries the same meaning as is did in the prior paragraph, i.e. 'installed'.

If that is the case then why is it that 'vfat' is listed in the select fs
modules as something that must be explicitly requested?  Shouldn't it be
automatically installed?

My point is that the wording is confusing.  I am a new user and as such
easily confused.

By posting to this group as I attempt installation I am hopeful that I will
get helpful answers such as yours so that I can avoid errors.

I am interpreting the instructions literally, just as I do when programming.

So I am learning, I now know that drivers for IDE disk are included without
my explicitly asking for them.


Thanks

Ron