[ale] Debian 3.0 as a server platform?

[Geoffrey]

Stuffed Crust wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 09:03:42PM -0400, James Sumners wrote:
> 
>>Unlike certain other distributions that have multiple CDs, Debian only
>>requires the first one for a fully working installation :)
> 
> 
> While I can't speak for SuSe, I know Mandrake and Fedora are perfectly 
> usable with only one install CD.  Obviously you can't install 
> everything, but the "commonest" stuff is on the first disc.
> 
> I prefer using full install CDs to NetInstalls (uneless I create a local 
> mirror, anyway) because then I don't need anything else to get a system 
> up and running.  The internet is not reliable.

I agree.  I reinstall one my smaller laptop a lot, just to see if things 
work.  I don't like having to rely on a connection as I've done this on 
the road (both wheels and wings..)

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Until later, Geoffrey