[NTLUG:Discuss] debian quickstart guide?

[Rick Cook]

On Friday 24 December 2004 15:49, Kevin Brannen wrote:
> OK, I've got VMware, some extra disk space; I think I want to expand my
> experience with Debian.  But I can't seem to find a quickstart guide
> anywhere.  Does anyone have a link to such?
>
> I downloaded the "mini-install" CD for "woody" think I could boot with
> that to get a minimal install.  No go, it won't
> 

The testing (sarge) branch of Debian is getting close to release. It's 
installer is much easier to use than the one included with woody. I 
suggest you grab the rc2 netinstall image from=>

boot.http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/i386/rc2/sarge-i386-netinst.iso  

Use that as the starting point. There should be an installation guide 
included on the CD. If not, there is an installation HOWTO at=>

http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/apa.html

>
> Also, that seems to be the "stable" branch.  Once I get that installed,
> how do I convert to "unstable"?
>

After you get sarge installed, add "unstable" pointers 
to /etc/apt/sources.list (replicate the "testing/sarge" stanza and 
replace with "unstable"). Then do =>

apt-get update
apt-get -u dist-upgrade

And watch.



Rick