> <distrowar> > This is simply not true. I've installed Debian at least a dozen > times, and never had to install the base on floppies. Although > I *did* download the images when I was thinking about trying to > install Debian on an old 386 laptop with no CDROM. :-) > [note: I'm talking about a 'net install for the people who either don't have a CD-ROM drive on the system in question, don't have a burner, or don't feel like downloading the massive amount of CDs they don't need] What do you think those 6(?) floppies are? Yes, I eventually used toms root-boot to get the system up (1 floppy!) then wget'd the base tgz from there, but it was a non-standard and non-supported method of running the install. > Once you start changing parameters, does it matter if > your tool is vi or kudzu? Lots of people seem to think so. > I have never been harassed by Debian zealots, unless you count that > one time they tied me up in the woods. But that was an anomaly, > I'm told. You got off easy.. > trammell at el-swifto.com | 78BA 706C C5F9 9321 E7C4 933B D063 907B A88E 924B -- Matthew S. Hallacy FUBAR, LART, BOFH Certified http://www.poptix.net GPG public key 0x01938203