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The Very Verbose Debian 3.0 Installation Walkthrough
Gentu writes "Cited the general displeasure which accompanied the Debian 3.0 release, mostly regarding its dated installation procedure, Clinton De Young wrote an easy-reading but long article for OSNews going through the Debian installation step by step. Of course Progeny released recently the PGI graphical installer, but it is not as complete as the current Debian text-based installer and it will definately be quite some time before it get adopted by the project."
I haven't used Debian for quite some time since using Gentoo, I still think Gentoo's installation page is incredibly long. Or maybe it just seems that way because I'm waiting a really long, long time in between instructions that require compiling something.
...the PGI graphical installer...
AAArrrgggh! RAS syndrome!!
(RAS: Redundant Acronym Syndrome)
Malike Bamiyi wanted my assistance.
me too.
There's nothing wrong with text-based installers. In fact, the first half of the WinXP installer (if you're doing a clean install) is text-based
so you're saying that if windows does it it is alright? do you have any idea how ridiculous that sounds?
Step 1: Equipment checklist First up, make sure you have the following items at hand:
Step 2: Beginning the installation Start by removing any NVidia or ATI 3D accelerators from your system. They are not supported and only used by RedHat running faggots or those pathetic newbies who download binary drivers. Also remove any sound cards because you can't set those up automatically, and only Mandrake-using ass-punching gayboys use sound cards anyway. You might need to install without a keyboard or mouse if you have one of those retarded USB devices also. Only SuSE-loving goat fuckers have USB keyboards. Real men use XT keyboards, and because we're installing Debian, we're real men. Right? Place the first CD in the CD-ROM drive (it's where the Lindows homosexuals keep their coffee mugs), and boot the machine up.
Step 3: Hardware detection No fucking way. We're not like those cockgobblers from Caldera. Move on to package selection, and deal with the fact that your SCSI, IDE, mouse, video card, sound, CD burner and DVD drive don't work yet. They will eventually...after spending hundreds of hours alternating between scouring the internet for helpful scraps of information from other true Debian heroes, and righteously hurling abuse and scorn at other non-Debian Linux users over the poor quality of their installers.
Step 4: Selecting packages to install Debian comes on lots of CDs, but doesn't really contain anything much useful or up to date. That's the way we like it. Screw those Mandrake using cunts who giggle like cum slurping retards about their fresh new RPMs. Not having anything up to date means there's no time wasted installing anything from CD!!
Step 5: Updating the distro with apt-get. Ahhh apt-get. Wonderful apt-get. Marvellous apt-get. apt-get apt-get apt-get. Is there anything sweeter than apt-get? Only the smug feeling of righteousness that comes from watching your RedHat, Mandrake, and SuSE using friends stick their cocks in each other's mouths while trying to deal with RPM hell. RPM HELL I TELL YOU!!!! Alrighty...since the installation CDs were 2 years out of date, fire up your 2400 baud modem (no support for high speed serial ports or ethernet, sorry), and download all the updates for 2 weeks. This will give you time to think up new and conceited insults to hurl at your next-door neighbour, who installed Mandrake 9.0 off the front cover of "I Take It In The Ass" monthly in about 30 minutes without any prior Linux experience. He sucks. He's not elite like you. w00t!!
Step 6: Using Debian 3.0, and the warm afterglow of always being right in the face of overwhelming Linux homosexuality. Cool. You've got your new Debian 3.0 box up and running! Now it's time to get out in the internet and start punishing all those scrotum-swallowers who don't understand that Debian is the only true Linux distribution. Start with some rabid zealot posts to Slashdot...the moderators are all fucking retarded and so are most of the readers, so they're easy targets for your righteous Debian-fuelled fury! After you've had a bit of experience typing in 'apt-get rulz RPM sux0rz' a few times, you're ready to take lynx out into the big wide world and let everyone know that you're among the few, the proud, the hard core, the 3733+, THE TRUE GNU/LINUX USER. Go out and make a RedHat user suck your cock. They'll like it and you've earned it!!
Next week: FreeBSD installation and tuning for people fed up with the rampant homosexuality and bestiality of Debian users.
I didn't.
is this the list where 14 year old aolers sign up for porn?
me too please.
This walkthrough will give away all the secrets to the textadventure that is the Debian installer.
If there is hope, it lies in the trolls.
The difference between a spell checker and a grammar checker is a hurdle for some.