[Cialug] Did the Debian installation get easier with Sarge?

[Barry Von Ahsen]

Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> So I heard Theron's endorsement of Debian and decided to put it on a machine
> this weekend.  I think it was Debian Sarge (3.x something).
> 
> Last time I must have tried with Woody and the installation process was very
> manual.  It went much better than I remember this time.  Is the installation
> much improved with Sarge?  Do most Debian users use Sarge, or is Woody still
> preferred?

it did get much easier, to the point if you have slightly older hardware 
or well-supported hardware, all you have to do is partition. 
auto-detection and auto-configuration were the big pushes with the new 
installer

-barry