Walt Mankowski on Mon, 12 Jul 1999 10:29:52 -0400 (EDT)


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Re: [Plug] Debian Install Problems


On Mon, Jul 12, 1999 at 08:07:25AM -0400, John Nolan wrote:
> Which version of Debian was this?  

2.1

> Yup, it's similar to vi.  First time users might find it 
> exceedingly frustrating (I sure did).  You need to spend 
> a good bit of time learning the keystrokes before you become 
> comfortable with it.  It's not intuititive.

It's definitely an interface only a vi user could love.

> Capital "I" toggles through this, IIRC.  But all these keystrokes
> are explained in the help screen & the manpage. 

I must have gotten "i" and "I" confused.

> Yup, I agree with you there.  There is one prompt in partucluar,
> (it comes up during the install process just before you are
> about to select packages), which wins the prize for 
> the most poorly-worded user prompt I've ever seen on any system.  

Which prompt was that?

> In spite of this, I am still planning to use Debian when 
> I mothball my current (Slackware) Linux system and get a new box. 

Why?

Walt Mankowski


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