I am running Debian 2.1 (slink) from a CD-ROM set I got from Linux Central on a 110Mhz Sparc 5. I am running the Sparc as a masquerading/ firewalling internet server, distributing a DSL connection and a single static IP to two other hosts on an Ethernet lan.
While the Sparc is apparently stable and doing what I need it to do, I've noticed two anomalies: 1) When I invoke vi from an xterm, after I exit vi, the cursor does not reset itself to the first unused line on the screen. Instead, it seems to repaint the screen I had before running vi, and the cursor goes to the top line of the old screen, in the middle of old text. This is annoying, but minor. 2) More seriously, if I set dselect to retrieve packages from ftp.debian.org instead of the CD set, I get version inconsistencies that won't let me exit cleanly from package selection in dselect. Changing the access method back to CD-ROM resolves the problem. Since the Sparc is an essential component of my internet connectivity, and I have not yet devised a backup strategy for it, I am a little reluctant to experiment too much, but it does seem to me that I should be able to count on consistency from a "stable" release served from the distribution's home site. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************* Walter Keeler * If my words did glow... * San Francisco, CA *******************************
