[Gllug] Re: Debain: Laptop.

[Murray]

when you install, you should get a choice between regular and b2z (can't
quite remember the exact thing, or where it is in the install).  It's marked
as experiemental, or some such, but gives you a more modern kernel, ext3 and
a bunch more drivers.  It's worked very well for me, although not on a
laptop (yet).

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gllug-bounces at linux.co.uk [mailto:gllug-bounces at linux.co.uk]On
> Behalf Of Peter Childs
> Sent: 13 September 2003 16:42
> To: gllug at linux.co.uk
> Subject: [Gllug] Re: Debain: Laptop.
>
>
> 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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