On Thursday 12 February 2004 12:46, Ken Walker wrote: > Before you wipe off Debian, make a disk image, you may be going back to it. > > I recently installed 9.2 ( last week ) onto my laptop which loved MDK8.2. I > wanted to know what this wonderful new version had to offer. So I ticked > everything.
the installer doesn't work like that anymore -it expects some user intervention as the amount of options has grown. > > On reboot, it wouldn't set-up my video or network. It gave me three games, I bet your laptop was using Xfee86 version 3 in 8.2. You have to configure it yourself or set the default reolution down to the resolution you need. It's set too high for older hardware. > yes 3!. And when I did a security update it said there was 179Mb to > download, then I did a software update, that said there was 110mb to > download. Yeah that sucks but then you don't have to download 'em all, just the ones you need/use. > And after all that I went back to 8.2, installed no prob, set-up > me video and network by itself. Yeah, 8.2 was/is the only one ever that recognized ISA soundcards during install. All the others require "sndconfig" and "isa-pnp" to be installed. > > Anybody tried Knoppix, why can't MDK be anything like their install ? It > set up my onboard LAN with dhcp, my wireless pcmcia via dhcp, set the > correct screen resolution, all my external usb devices AND ALL THIS RUNNING > FROM A CD. with NO user intervention. Now if Knoppix did a disk install > version ( yes I know it can all be copied from the cd to the HD ) it would > be the biz You can install from the knoppix CD too you know, once you have it running. Not just CD copying. There's a script hidden somewhere (don't remember where) called something like "hd_install" or the likes. Works a charm:) BTW; Tried Mandrake-Move yet?? Good luck, HarM -- Registered Linux User #197998 FSF Associate Member #901 ICQ #146191606 Mandrake HowTo's & more: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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