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dabian sarge
Name: uberpete Date: June 7, 2005 at 11:56:52 Pacific OS: slackware
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an old slackware user has decided to try debian:) i'm going to be installing on a non internet box and i'm wondering how many of the cds do i need to do a rather normal desktop system?
Name: 3Dave Date: June 8, 2005 at 06:17:33 Pacific
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I'm a slacker too but the last time I installed debian I used a network install - no good to you as you have no internet. From what I remember only the first 2-3 CDs were needed for a desktop install, the rest being mainly source....I may be wrong though!
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Response Number 2
Name: uberpete Date: June 9, 2005 at 18:32:24 Pacific
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after a bad taste left by several debian based i think maybe i'll stick to slack. :) it runs like mad, never crashes, and is crazy quick.
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Response Number 3
Name: 3Dave Date: June 10, 2005 at 00:56:42 Pacific
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I know what you mean...the last time I played with debian it started installing all sorts of things I didn't want it to with apt-get, including some slip stuff which set its own IP and played havoc with our network! Having been a mandrake user and tried most other distros under the sun, I now run slack on my servers at work, on my desktop and also on my two computers at home....I've become a slackoholic! :)
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Response Number 4
Name: uberpete Date: June 10, 2005 at 05:39:48 Pacific
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slackoholic - the state of tyring to run slackware on everything and anything.
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Response Number 5
Name: 3Dave Date: June 10, 2005 at 06:42:12 Pacific
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My name is David....and I'm a slackoholic!
Admitting to having a problem is the hardest part. Now, if only I could get slack installed on my toaster.... ;)
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Response Number 6
Name: totty (by allan_totty) Date: June 10, 2005 at 07:57:47 Pacific
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I'm scared of trying slack, not sure I can afford the rehab clinic.
got some disk space left ready to give it a try though.
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Response Number 7
Name: uberpete Date: June 10, 2005 at 09:36:46 Pacific
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never be afraid of slack. slack is good, slack is your friend...
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Response Number 8
Name: uberpete Date: June 11, 2005 at 06:09:03 Pacific
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Success!!! i managed to modify my old cd burner into a bvb burner (bread versatile burner) i then popped it into drive one on my toaster and turned it on i hard wired the video right on in and i could see it booting heh it found my slackware bvb! i also discovered i had 64 mb of bc ram (bread crumb)... later i'll tell you about the install
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Response Number 9
Name: 3Dave Date: June 12, 2005 at 03:05:40 Pacific
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lol
Reminds me of: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Coffee.html and http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2549.html
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