Re: [Gnumed-devel] Re: I've sort of got a debian install going

[richard terry]

A quick question. If I want to update to kde3.1 using apt-get, is that 
possible. I'd like to go to bed (its after MNight!) and run it overnight.

Richard

On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 02:25 pm, Andreas Tille wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Horst Herb wrote:
> > And why not? Debian from scratch is a bugger to install, keeps you busy
> > for days. With Knoppix, it's done in minutes, The hardware autodetection
> > is superb, best I have ever seen.
>
> This is right.
>
> > I would recommend to install from EAZD's Knoppix based "KDE 3.1 backport"
> > which is a Knoppix debulked (only ~400 MB on CD), mostly backported to
> > Woody/stable. You boot from CD, access the web to download the newest
> > knx-hdinstall, and in minutes you are done with a shining lean & mean
> > Debian system (Woody/Sid chimera, but in the nicest and most functional
> > way)
>
> I have never testet this way and it would be great if it would work
> this way.  I was told that an install from Knoppix is only for
> experienced users and not recommended.  If it works this way and does
> not cause any problem I have only one remark:
>
>    If you have a mixed system from Woody (=stable) and Sid (=unstable)
>    you gain the reliabilty from unstable.  This is not bad by default
>    but you *should* expect problems.  I'm not really sure whether people
>    who are not able to install Debian from official CDs are able to
>    work around all problems who might be caused using the unstable tree.
>
> Kind regards
>
>        Andreas.
>
>
>
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