Seem to have done a reply instead of a group reply, so for those interested...
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Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 17:53:33 +0100 From: Paul Tansom paul@whaletales.co.uk To: Ashley ashley@ashleyhowes.com Subject: Re: [Alug] Debian Install User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: BB868511-8688-11D6-AD7A-000A27B68E6C@ashleyhowes.com; from ashley@ashleyhowes.com on Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 10:08:07AM +0100
Yup, Storm went under, but you may well still be able to get a copy (I have one that I may make available when I get my Linux shop on line). There was also Progeny from Ian Murdoch himself, but that has ceased production now - or to be more accurate, it has been merged back into the main Debian development. I think I may have a copy of that too somewhere.
As for doing it the hard way, well I'm one of those odd bods that doesn't consider the Debain way hard. I always do a minimal install - never choosing any packages during the install process - and then apt-get whatever I need. Apart from not being a funky graphical installer it lacks nothing IMHO. Most configuration options are easily handled. Of course the hardware config is the tricky bit as you mention, but when you run modconf (or when it is run for you on install) there is little to fear it trying a module. If it doesn't detect a compatible device then in won't be loaded in. Having said that pretty much all my installs are for servers, so they tend not to have complex graphics/sound setups, although my first proper Debian install was onto my Dell laptop which involved switching sources to testing to get XFree 4 to support my graphics card - but then my first proper Linux install involved an immediate kernel recompile to get token ring support for my network card, so I'm used to be awkward!!!
On Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 10:08:07AM +0100, Ashley typed the following...
On Sunday, June 23, 2002, at 04:58 AM, Syd Hancock wrote:
Paul
Does Debian come with a pretty graphical installer that automatically probes and configures most of the hardware ?? Or does Debian have to be installed the hard way....
Storm Linux may help. AFAIK it was a debian-based distro and should at least get a system up and running even if not everything is working first time round e.g. sound card. If not still available I have a copy.
I think Storm Linux went belly-up, if I remember correctly. The newgroup has only a handful of postings this year: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=alt.os....
and http://www.stormix.com/ is unavailable. The only reference I can find online is Storm Linux 2000, which is 2 years out of date.
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...and that's all Ashley wrote I'm afraid