Debian sarge installation -- quick'n'dirty.

I'm absolutely sure others have done this, before, but I'm just saying it
because I just mastered it...

Use the latest 3.0r2 stable version Network Install CD-ROM.

Let it install the base system, reboot and walk you though all of the other
things.

Then, when it asks you which kind of packages you want to install... choose
only "Manual Package Selection." When aptitude comes up... quit ('q').

Then, run dselect. In dselect choose the first menu option, but instead of
stating 'stable' for distribution, state 'unstable.' update your package
list, select the package selector, press space... find the linux-image 2.6
package that applies to your PC, select it, install all the upgrades...
reboot...

go back into dselect. Find either the GNOME or KDE meta-packages. Select
them. Then, find 'xorg' metapackage and select it. That will install a
basic X-Windows system. Also, don't forget to select gnome2-perl libs if
you plan on using synaptic from that point onward.

Walk through the steps, if it asks to use a frame buffer, on this Compaq
system, I said 'yes' and it seemed to do fine letting the new kernel
recognize the hardware.

The only bug I see is that sometimes gdm starts at a display resolution of
640x480, when I have it set for 1024x768. I restart it... and most of the
time it catches the higher resolution.



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