Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 06:47, Michael Lake wrote: >>2. reinstall Linux as a stock kernel 2.4.18 prior to the benh kernel >>2.4.20 did work. I choose the later as I really needed ny system up.
> You could have kept your existing system with a different kernel... as a > rule of thumb, the only reason for reinstalling a Debian system is > unrecoverable filesystem damage. True. But I did keep my existing system - I was pleasantly surprised. The reinstall just overwrote a few things like /etc/hosts and prob other things that I dont know about but my /home was under / as one partition and it was all OK as I didnt 'initialise' the disk before reinstallation. And a subsequent apt-get goes fine. Actually this is the time to probably move from stable to testing for me. If I had another PPC to build one on or could have got a kernel from somewhere that would have been great. Anyhow I am now running with the stock 2.4.18 powermac kernel and I have just rsynced down the benh 2.4.22 and compiled it. About time to upgrade to XFree 4.2 as well maybe :-) Byes from Mike UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER ======================================================================== This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. ========================================================================
