Re: Installation
On Tue, 2012-09-18 at 10:03 -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
> At its root, my objection in this subthread isn't necessarily to the
> information
> and functionality available in the current installer, but to the
> implied
> statement that "you shouldn't install if you don't have a second,
> already-working computer" - or at least that, if you try to install
> without
> having one, you're doing it wrong.
While having a second computer is both helpful and likely, my somewhat
dated experience with the installer doesn't suggest it is essential. I
remember someone saying "a pigeon could install Debian" because if you
just click to accept the default responses you're likely to end up with
a reasonable--not necessarily optimal, but reasonable--system.
The pigeon thing is probably a bit strong, since you'll need a machine
name and possibly networking info, but then you would with MS Windows
installs too.
Finally, there are two other routes, though probably neither is natural
for a newbie. You could install a system, use it a bit (to read
installer docs), and then install again, over the first. Or you could
make an initial install into a small partition and then do the "real"
install.
Ross
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