[plug] Installing Debian

[Simon Scott (SSC)]

My server runs on debian, but personally Ive almost had enough of debian and
dselect.

Maybe I havent spent enough time with it, but all I want to do is setup a
server with apache mod-php and postegresql. Once Ive installed debian, it
tries to get an updated package list from the debian servers, which times
out (due to the adsl link needing clients to have a reduced MTU (I used
1412)). So once it has timed out, I set the mtu on eth0, and fire up
dselect. Once it goes thru its little updating stint again, Im confronted
with 4 billion packages, massive dependencies, and an interface that makes
me barf.... Invariably I install the wrong stuff (due to several packages
being for 'PHP', but in reality they require 'PHP 3' which I dont want to
install), get the shits, and switch the box off again. 

Im thinking that RedHat 7 might be the go.

ps. for those who are interested, yes, this email was written from a
semi-devil's-advocate viewpoint to get the Debian lovers on list fired up :)
As I said, my server runs potato :) 

-----Original Message-----
From: Trevor Phillips [mailto:phillips at central.murdoch.edu.au]
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 12:53 PM
To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
Subject: Re: [plug] Installing Debian


Matt Kemner wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 21 Mar 2001, Trevor Phillips wrote:
> 
> > (Have you installed Potato from scratch off CDs, Matt, or just
> > upgraded existing Slinks? ^_^)
> 
> You mean upgraded existing bo installs? :) (via hamm & slink)
> 
> I have installed plenty of servers from scratch though, but which
> obviously don't have X installed on them... :)

That's what I thought. ^_^
Now & again I install Potato from scratch, for a desktop PC. Esp for seeing
how
quickly I can throw together a Quake3 capable box, before I have to install
Windoze for the client I'm setting the PC up for. ^_^;;;

> > Aha!! I think I've found it!! It's called "anXious" (having that X in
the
> > middle made it hard to find), and it's actually in the "xviddetect"
package
> > (which made it harder to find).
> 
> Cool! I might have to give it a try sometime

It's dialog-based, you know the Debian style, asks less cryptic questions
then
xf86config, gives choice of levels for Monitor setup (ie; basic ranges, down
to
nitty gritty settings), and attempts to auto-detect which server to use. Not
too bad for a quickie-setup.

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