Comments on: Progeny Brings Red Hat and Debian Closer Together

By: maceto

maceto — Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Think you thoughs are great, not many who write here so.. hehe

By: Bobber

Bobber — Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

One question seems to be how the Anaconda port will fit in with the current Debian efforts to create a better installer. Is there any reason to merge these efforts or is it better to have several installer choices?

By: Ian Murdock

Ian Murdock — Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This issue came up in the debian-devel discussion. My responses are here: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/debian-devel-200310/msg01926.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/debian-devel-200310/msg01983.html -Ian

By: maceto

maceto — Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hi, back agian. Ian will you (please,please) release an unofficial testing built on the anaconda, cause the new debian inst don`t work on my box, and we can start to play/buggfind?

I LUVE installing/playing- but as long as the new inst jams up, well- can go with old woddy though and apt-get…

What I also would like to se in there, since testing, an option of 2.6 kernel (must select this, not default) and PLEASE xfree 4.3- know it`s not a must have pack, but hell debian uses time to jam that into unstable, 4.4-5 will be out before that goes into testing.

But for a rock stable server system, debian er better that the rest, could have som of the redhat admin tools in there though :-)

By: Ian Murdock

Ian Murdock — Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The code will be released in the mid-November timeframe, along with an Anaconda-installable sarge CD/ISO. If you’d like to get your hands on the code before then, drop me a note at imurdock@progeny.com, and I’ll see what I can do.

To be clear, what we’ll be releasing in the mid-November timeframe works but will most likely not yet be fully-functional. Most notably, we haven’t yet managed to get Kickstart working. The GUI mode works very well though, with just a few kinks, and that is undoubtedly where most of the interest lies.

-Ian

By: Sajith VK

Sajith VK — Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hi,
I heard about PickAx project of progeni.
From where can I get more info about it?.
I am trying to create an educational GNU/Linux distro for schools in our area. I can be one of the early beta tester of PickAX.

By: Keith Fernandez

Keith Fernandez — Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hi Ian,

Where can I get debian with the anaconda installer. or is Debian yet to release it. I couldnt find anything on their website.
Please let me know as I was very comfortable with anaconda with redhat and now that redhat is gone, I am looking at porting my software to debian. If I do get anaconda with debian that will be great..

Thanks…

Regards,
Keith