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Posted: Mar. 19 2006,18:24 QUOTE
Hi everybody,

I never tried a HD install of DSL.  I know it says that it installs Debian, but I still wonder, what version of Debian does it install (stable, unstable, testing)?   What kind of repositories does it use - the actually Debian ones or DSL specific ones?  Last time I checked, the complete Debian repositories offered 18000+ packages - can DSL use them all?

Also - is there something I should read and be aware of before making a HD install or all I need to do is a regular DSL HD install, followed by an 'apt-get update', 'apt-get install synaptic' and then whatever else I want.  Is it really that simple?

Thanks,

VS

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Posted: Mar. 20 2006,06:23 QUOTE
oldstable

debian oldstable repository

No

You need to "Enable APT" from the menu after doing your HD installation.  Or choose "Synaptic" from the menu.

But do not attempt an

apt-get dist upgrade

or your install will be broken because DSL is not pure Debian and especially the XServer/XWindows will be broken by a dist upgrade.

If you really want to install Debian, I suggest either getting a Debian network install CD or choose "Debian Install" from the KNOPPIX livecd.
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Posted: Mar. 20 2006,14:19 QUOTE
Thanks a lot for this important info!

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