Re: The future of Debian install??
On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 04:46:23PM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
>
> On 05-Mar-2002 Michael Marziani wrote:
> > I've installed debian quite a few times and it's not a big deal, but
> > every once in a while I wish it would just auto-detect my network card,
> > graphics card, etc just to save me the trouble of looking them up. Not
> > to mention that xfree86setup is a pain. Is auto-detecting a PS/2 mouse
> > really that hard? Anyway... Just curious if anyone has the low down.
> > Thanks!
> >
>
> While I was at VA one of the motherboards we tested would lock solid if the RH
> ps/2 test was performed and no mouse was actually attached. The problem with
> PC hardware is usually it works, but there are just enough weird models out
> there to break things that it makes it much more difficult than it should be.
>
I have always thought that one of the strengths of debian was its relatively
low-level install. What you loose in convenience, you gain in control.
Art Edwards
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