> > That doesn't seem to be quite the case any longer. It didn't offer > > anything about partitioning the drive or even formatting a partition. It > > only saw that there was some space on the windows partition and installed > > some big files (ala BeOS). A core file, a home file and a swap file. It > > would seem the evaluation version runs from these files and that's all > > there is to it. > > That's quite a beparture from doing umsdos. Guess it works, mount some drive > images, off you go. No repartioning necissary. Don't like it, boot back to > windows and wipe the files. Not a bad idea for new users, might get a bit > better performance compared to umsdos too. I would hope that you just missed > an option, I'd like to have a chice in the matter. I don't think I missed an option... it just did it that way. In fact the files got created without it asking me a single thing. The only option I had was to set up accounts and X. Well, ok, I got to pick a time zone too. I have a nice empty partition that was begging for ReiserFS. Oh well, Debian it is I guess. > Excellent. But, why does everyone think they need CDs? 3 to 5 floppies is > all you really need. You don't even need floppies if you have a windows > partition to store the root and driver disks on. The Debian installer is > much imporved, no more 13 disks needed to install the base. Once your > network connection is going, it can fetch the base, and kick you into > tasksel or dselect (or just apt it all!) > > I suppose if you are on a modem there are definite advantages if your on a > modem, then again ask dieman how long it takes to install Debian on a 14.4! > =) (didn't yo install FreeBSD off a 14.4 as well?) I've got DSL but I'm impatient... I look at it like: I can start ncftp in a background download of the ISO on the gateway box, shut off my laptop and go to bed. Then I burn 'em to a few CDRWs and if it sucks, I can reuse the disks. RH7 was on CDRWs ;) Plus I feel better if I have some kind of media with the OS on it. But that's probably just post traumatic stress disorder from using windoze. Charlie --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org