On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 03:33:54PM -0500, SOTL wrote:
> On Tuesday 06 December 2005 01:46 pm, Eben King wrote:
<snip>
> > I don't see why an older machine would take any longer to set up than a
> > newer machine, assuming the "older" machine is sufficiently recent that
> > much of its hardware is PnP. I mean, one driver takes as long as anther to
> > haul off the CD. These aren't S-100 or NuBus machines being talked about,
> > after all.
>
> Why does Debian take sufficiently longer to set up than Mandriva et?
>
> Simple it is the installation program
Sorry, no. It's the operator. If you allow the defaults in Debian, it
installs in minutes. I recently did this on a machine, using Sarge and
the new installer. Piece of cake. That said, an installation of Debian
_normally_ takes me hours; I pick and choose packages to install for
hours. But as I said, if you take the defaults, it's quite speedy.
Paul
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