[plug] 2.4.20 on Sarge iso

caston at arach.net.au caston at arach.net.au
Tue Jul 1 13:26:54 WST 2003


Quoting Matt Kemner <zombie at penguincare.com.au>: 
 
> On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, quoth caston at arach.net.au: 
>  
> > >     Booting/installing is currently not possible with 
> > >     "testing"/"unstable" CDs - only use for upgrades from stable. 
>  
> > Fine, but have you seen what a complete pain the installer is? 
>  
>   Yes I have tried to use it (once, just to see what would happen) 
>  
>   I also realised it is a work in progress, so did not make any 
> assumptions that the installer that happens to come up after doing what I 
> was advised wasn't even going to work (ie booting from it) was any sign of 
> things to come. 
>  
>   I know the new installer is being worked on, and from all accounts it is 
> going to be a step in the right direction - but what you currently find on 
> the Sarge CDs isn't it (or at least, not all of it) - so jumping to any 
> conclusions from that is just silly. 
>  
>   In the meantime I do as is suggested on the Debian website - boot from a 
> woody CD and use that to install Sarge.  It's also why LinuxIT offers to 
> bundle a woody CD if you buy the Sarge pack. 
>  
>  - Matt 
>  
>  
 
And as of today I just boot of a Bonzai Linux CD and use the apt sources. 
 
regards, 
 
Chris 
 



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