Thanks for the disks Jason
- Mepis loaded beatifully - very reminiscent of Knoppix - yet nicer in many
ways. It is still a mix of Testing/Unstable, but you don't see any mention of
Knoppix any where (well so far I didn't) like I've noticed in some others like
Morphix. It didn't set up my winmodem like it hinted that it might - but I did it
manualy OK - (which hasn't worked well on the latest Knoppix I tried). One thing I
have noticed so far is that the fonts are nicer - better default selections.
The hard drive installer is real easy - allows you to set up a home directory and so
on as well, unlike knoppix. It was quick too - 20 mins or so on my PII-333
BTW - if anyone wants to try it out as a live install - I suggest that they copy the
folder called "Linux" from the CD to the root of a FAT32 partition if you have the
room (almost 700mb) - then boot as usual (or with a floppy) - but eject the CD after
the kernel and miniroot have loaded - the installation will find the folder on the
hardrive and loadup from there - it will feel like a normal installation - you can
even use your CDrom/writer/DVD etc and if you are doing a hard drive install - it will
do it more quickly and quietly - no thrashing of the cd drive (and cloop
errors!) This works with Knoppix too - just copy the KNOPPIX folder. (It is
called the poormans install).
I have to say that this loooks like it might be my distro of choice till I get a
gruntier machine to try Gentoo on.
ciao
Lance Blackler
-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Greenwood
Sent: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 08:50:58 +1300
To: Lance Blackler
Subject: Re: Debian and MEPIS Linux - YAIR (Yet Another Installation Report)
