Re: Installation
On Tuesday, September 18, 2012 01:06:33 PM Ross Boylan wrote:
> 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.
Or to best learn: install, find the things you missed and did wrong and
install again, then find more things you missed and done did wrong and install
a third time. Along about now, you'll've a rather firm grasp of the install
essentials. It's a given that you'll need a local install CD/DVD if you don't
have a fast internet connection. Or a decent local debian mirror.
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