Re: Installer Woes
Joseph A Nagy Jr wrote:
Okay. My problem. I cannot reinstall RedHat. So, since I was planning on
making the switch to Debian, I figured now would be the best time to ask
(before I use the Debian Woody r0 3.0 cd's I downloaded ages ago) on
whether or not there is a GUI installer for Debian. If so, where? I've
been looking on debian.org, but all I could find was info on netinstall
cd's (of which for the latest stable releaser there are only unofficial
ISO images) for sarge. Am I missing something?
Please clue me in. TIA.
Joseph,
Debian has no 'point-and-click' installation interface (GUI) like RedHat
(there is probably development going on in this area though). It uses a
curses-style interface (like in your computer's setup (BIOS) when you
push 'del' when booting). The only functional difference between this
and a GUI is that you use your keyboard-only as apposed to being able to
use your mouse. Don't let this intimidate you though; if your going to
be using debian, you'll have to get used to using your keyboard!!
If you're new to debian, I would suggest downloading the Debian 3.0r1 -
Disk 1 image (easily downloaded at www.linuxiso.org), burning up the
image to a CD and booting from it. If you have a net connection, and a
supported NIC, you can simply boot off this CD and setup will install
the base-system and pull any packages you choose (tasksel or dselect) to
your machine across the net. If you do not have a net connection you can
still install a basic system using this CD.
The stable release is a good starting point if you're new to debian. You
can always change your /etc/apt/sources.list to 'unstable' or 'testing'
later and update your system.
Good-luck
Brad.
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