Re: Me again...

[Aryan Ameri <a.ameri@linuxiran.org>]

On Wednesday 26 March 2003 05:49, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 18:39, Mr. Baldwin wrote:


> >  have been led to believe that Debian will not be as simple to set up
> > and use as Red Hat (although my experience with Fink indicates that
> > package mgmt is much simpler).  All the same, I am eager to sink my
>

> If you know enough about Linux to understand most of the terminology the
> Debian installer should really be straightforward. The only thing that
> I'm aware of that gets a lot of first time users is the need to load
> some modules by hand during the install process. Other than that you
> shouldn't have any real problems that I can think of. Printing out the
> restuls of lsmod on your RH install before you start might prove to be
> useful later.


Yes, just try to grab as much information from your RedHat box as possible, 
like the chipsets, the divers, and especially, the modules. This should solve 
most of your problems. Also, you might want to backup your 
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4 ( or whatever it is called in RedHat ) because, you 
might face problems in setting up X on Debian.

If you have ever worked with fdisk on your redhat, then you will feel at home 
with Debian's partition program. cfdisk which is used in Debian is a great 
tool, and it has clear guidlines. But still, like other debian admin 
packages, you should know what you are doing.

But, installing Debian is a just a one time job. You don't ever need reinstall 
it. Apt will take care of updating the system.

And congradulations on your achievements in your school. admitedly, it takes 
most of us, more than 2 years to reach where you currently are. :-)


Cheers 
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 *are condemned to reinvent it, poorly */
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Aryan Ameri