[NTLUG:Discuss] Why I love Debian

[Dennis Myhand]

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.
>
>   
Yes.  I love it.  I just did a fresh install last night.  Everything 
worked perfectly.  All drivers found.  No problems.  I had done an 
install of XP on the same machine.  Had to chase down the NIC driver, 
the chipset driver, the sound driver, and every time I tried to install 
the sound driver, the whole system crashed because there is, and has 
been for quite some time, a known issue with the bios on this machine, 
which causes a crash when the audio driver is installed.  Debian is the 
best.  Hands down.  Peace, Dennis