[Gllug] Re: Debain: Laptop.

[Peter Childs]

On Saturday 13 September 2003 16:35, Peter Childs wrote:
> I have been trying to install Debain on my Laptop. Mostly because I really
> think I need to know how to use somthing other than Redhat and you lot
> saying how wonderful Debain is.
> 	I finally managed to get Debain on off the first CD of Woody and its
> install program is not straght forward. I did think of trying the Knoppix
> method but I can not quite remember what that is.
> 	Problems
>
> 1. How do I get my 8139too PCMICA network card working Works fine under
> Redhat but when I try to bring the Network up it says
> SIO

Sorry. 

SIOCSIFFLAGS: Device or Resource busy.

Plus CardMgr will not detect it unless I manually had it in the right places 
to the config files....

	I have a broadband connection on my desktop and the Debain DVD from Linux 
Magazine but no DVD drive in the Laptop :( but I do have a CD writer in my 
desktop running Redhat... 

	Lets just say Debian is not for beginners!!!

Peter Childs

>
> 2. Is there a no X Run level under debain I can't find it!
>
> 3. X kills my LCD display and I have no idea what the correct drivers are
> but it works soft of under Redhat.
>
> 4. How do I upgrade to ext3 so I don't have to wait agest when ever the
> machine crashes!
>
> 	Help would be most handy.
>
> Peter Childs
> PS. Its a Toshiba 490CDT Laptop. Its faily elderly but not that bad
> (Pentium II 64Mb Ram)


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