Hello! El dom, 08-12-2002 a las 00:34, Day Brown escribió: ... [...problems with all kind of Linux Distribution...] > > But of course, people who dont have trouble, dont post here. >
I use Debian Gnu/Linux to avoid or resolve all kind of trouble I and my customers have with computers. So I'm obviously knowledge biased with respect to the situation of somebody new to Linux installations, as by now I got a lot of working experience which helps me out in case of trouble. However it is not accidential that Knoppix (http://www.knoppix.org/) and LinEx (http://www.linex.org/, all in spanish, sorry for the Arkies ;^) are completely based on the Debian Distribution and packaging/upgrade system. Both are absolutely easy to install and use and do a very great work with hardware auto-recognition and auto-configuration. ... > and running despite CD file read errors. I think I recall one of the > Linux distros mentioning that faulty archives would be logged, and then > the correct ones downloaded later. Which wouldda been nice for MANDRAKE, > but it didnt get installed far enuf to get online. Yes, that is what Debian does. You can even install from a set of about seven floppies and then go on with downloading the whole system over a dial-up line. (Nave never done this though). If a file does not get downloaded completely, you give it another shot and it takes of where it was left. > > In general, I dont see the error recovery option vaible in Linux, > whereas it is always duck soup to use a boot floppy in FREEDOS, and once > you have an operating system on the screen, try to figure out what the > problem is. In general, what I have seen in many Linux install scripts, > is that the only user option is to abort, and discard the wasted hour(s). Maybe its a lack of familiarity, because I am always _much_ more knowledgable about what's going on with a Linux system then with a DOS System. It does not just get stuck, you always can open other terms, or see some log's about what is happening by pressing Alt+F2, Alt+F3, etc. The kernel is very verbose about everything whats going on inside (dmesg), and about what hardware was recognised (cat /proc/pci, etc.). Usually I carry around a Linux Kernel floppy or CD, to diagnose which hardware is in a computer, and to realize maintainance and recovery tasks. (Wow! _how_ offtopic one can get!) > But in any case, I am being confronted with the choice of which distro > to put on new and used computers in the area, and I'd rather not get > calls for 'support' if I can help it. Having all the bells and whistles > takes a back seat, cause most of these Arkie users dont have that much > experience to know how to use them anyway. Maybe you'd be really good off with your own Knoppix-remastering. > > But if Microsoft is true to it's reputation, it is deliberately trying > to sabotage the non-win system logon process. I know of two Mac users > who now have win NT/XP machines. And if this be so, then all of us > dos/linux users will be confronted with ppp drivers that dont work. How And with setting up your own comunity ISP based on Linux ;-) No. Seriously, ppp is quite a standard protocoll and maybe what is breaking things are more likely changing login procedures. Best Regards, Jorge-León ---------- list options/archives/etc.: http://www.topica.com/lists/fd-dev unsubscribe: send blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==^^=============================================================== This email was sent to: archive@mail-archive.com EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bz8Rv5.bbRv4l.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^^===============================================================
