> I'm running a 386DX-40 but for some reason it's being listed as an i586 > on start-up. Any reason I shouldn't continue to ignore this until I get > to understand the OS better?
*It's probably OK. Send me the contents of /proc/cpuinfo. Is your chip from *Intel? processor : 0 cpu : 386 model : unknown vendor_id : unknown stepping : unknown fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no fpu : no fpu_exception : no cpuid : no wp : no flags : bogomips : 7.96 That's interesting, my environment has "HOSTTYPE=i586". It's an AMD chip. > Is there a small deb package, I only have a few Mbytes to > spare, you'd recommen to bridge over from what I've picked up in ms-dos? *I don't really think so. There is a file manager that looks like Norton *Commander, but there isn't a good fake DOS environment. I didn't make myself clear, for example: in ms-dos I used "debug" to put together the utility needed to turn my cursor back on. It's that type of knowledge I want to bridge over. I'm looking for a Debian programming package that's both compact in size and has good basic doc's to groove me in to doing things in Linux/Unix. > I see from the mailing list you hold some position Debian scheme of things, > what is it? *I'm the project leader. The big cheese, I guess. I think you guys are doing a great job! It's incredible being able to dl Debian and get it running so easily. Thanks for your help in getting through the initial confusion. Michael ---------------------- Michael Rokicki [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .