> i hope you are using the "vanilla" boot cd, not the bf24 one.. RTFM. > taken from > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-install-methods.en.html > `vanilla'
im using the bf24 kernel image bcoz i want support for ext3 and other journaling fs. vanilla kernel image loads a 2.2 kernel image and AFAIK it doesnt have support for ext3 etc. > The standard kernel package available in Debian. This includes almost > all drivers supported by Linux built as modules, which includes drivers > for network devices, SCSI devices, sound cards, Video4Linux devices, > etc. The `vanilla' flavor includes one rescue floppy, one root and four > driver floppies. > `bf2.4' > This is an experimental flavor which uses a special version of the > kernel-image-2.4 package. It provides support for newer hardware > components which is absent in the other (more stable) flavors. It > supports more USB hardware, USB keyboards/mice, modern IDE controllers, > some new network cards, and Ext3 and Reiser file systems. Compared to > the driver set of our main kernel-image-2.4.x-yz packages, some > non-essential drivers have been removed in order to keep the number of > needed floppy disks in a sane range. If you have unexplainable problems > with kernel 2.4, you should use other flavors. If you need more new > drivers or optimisations for your CPU type, feel free to install an > "official" kernel-image-2.4.x-yz package. This flavor comes with one > rescue floppy, one root and four driver floppies. hmmmm, "official"? i need more explaination on this. the cd only includes bf24, vanilla, compact and idepci. johnhomer -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
