[NTLUG:Discuss] Why I love Debian

[MadHat Unspecific]

Lance Simmons wrote:
> I was doing a fresh install of Debian on an old machine, and there was
> something hinky with the cdrom drive.  I tried two different copies of
> the Debian net-install cd, that I knew were good, but no luck.  I also
> tried a Ubuntu cd that I also knew was good, but again it didn't work.
> 
> Obviously a hardware problem.  I don't ever use cd's, except to
> install operating systems, and somehow over the years something has
> happened to my cdrom drive.  What a pain -- now I'll have to open up
> the machine and install a new cdrom drive, probably from some other
> machine, since I'm too cheap to go out and buy one new.
> 
> Then I remembered that you can still do a floppy install of Debian.  I
> downloaded five floppy images, copied them to five floppy disks, then
> did a net-install of the current version of Debian, with no problems.
> Maybe I'll get around to installing a new cdrom drive, but maybe not.
> I love Debian.

I don't think I have but 1 machine with a floppy drive anymore.  Even my
servers are CD only.  Though I have a USB CDROM I use to install with on
most machines now.

I get what you are saying and it is cool it worked out for you.