Re: Installing debian

On Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:03:00 +0200
Erwan David <[email protected]> wrote:

> 1) I use testing. Is it safe to download netinst iso of testing, or
> should I stay with my old method of installing a minimal stable,
> upgrade it to testing, then install the list of packages I saved from
> former laptop ?

I use the weekly testing netinst every month or so to check it out on a
VM, and be sure my post-installation scripts still work.
https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/amd64/iso-cd/ They
work just fine

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> 2) Last time I installed, it was a debian 12 and the installer kept
> only 1GB for swap, too small for hibernation. Is it still the case ?

Use the expert installation. You will have a lot more questions to
answer, but you will also have greater flexibility. Including setting up
the disk as you like it. And then there's the opaque art of preseeding=E2=
=80=A6.



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