I have received my new Compaq Presario 2540EA and while Windows works on it nicely I decided I prefer to install some kind of a Linux distro.
I found a set of Red Hat 9.0 CDs on my desk so I started to use them. boing: it got stuck quite at the beginning when it was trying to load the driver for 1390 (I have a built in firewire in this notebook). OK, maybe I was aiming too high. Let's try Red Hat 8.0. Luckily I have a copy of that too. The same happened there. Good, so you want to wrestle with me, eh ? I won't give in. I picked up the SuSE 8.0 CD that I am using on my older notebook. So far the installation works. I have no idea yet if it can see my hardware correctly or not. Hmmm, bad signs, it started to ask these intimate questions about my monitor suggesting it is a Samsung/unknown model. Who the hell knows what this monitor is ? Anyway I am quite sure I'll try to install Debian on this machine so while I'd be happy to get a clue on how could I convince the machine to install RH 9.0 I also would like to know if it is safe to use the network installation of Debian ? How secure is my computer during installation before I can harden it manually ? I attended Shachars presentation in August where AFAIR he suggested to pick up a Debian derivative distro. Install that and then get-apt to unstable. Is this what you recommended ? Any other recommendations ? Gabor http://www.pti.co.il/ ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
