Re: Can't install networking.
Mark Healey wrote:
Ok, this is getting frustrating.
I understand. It was very frustrating for me in the beginning also.
Is it possible to get debian running without learning a bunch of
arcane hacker lore?
Simple answer? "No." Debian is not about ease of installation (as much
as many people want it to be). If you want an easy-to-get-going Debian,
you might want to try a commercial variant, such as Xandros.
Someone told me that booting and running the install of cd5 would
work. It didn't
All I want to do is get it installed on the hardware listed in my sig
with working networking and X.
I was able to do it with Redhat in less than an hour.
If it isn't possible for a non-hacker to do it just tell me.
It depends _GREATLY_ on what hardware you have.
Another large problem is that you're almost certainly installing woody
("stable"), which is considerably behind the leading edge, and doesn't
support a lot of recent hardware "out of the box" (just like you
wouldn't expect Windows NT 4.0 to work with a USB device), or Windows
2000 pre-SP3 to work with MS-Office 2003).
--
Kent
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