Re: [LI] debian problems...

[Syed Khader Vali <sidcarter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Oct 12, 1999 at 10:10:58PM +0000, RAVIKANT K RAO wrote:
>   after a 2 hour installation of debian, i was wanting to edit
> /etc/lilo.conf and discovered that pico was non-existent (?!) ... Did I do

Hi there,
there is pico but only that it is called jpico in debian. It comes along 
with the debain package joe. The fact is that the only toughest part of
debian is the installation part which takes a lot of time ( cause it
configures everything according to your needs ;-) 
After that you are on like breeze. ;-) I switched over from redhat to Debian
and like shanu said,  Utopia has taken over me since then. ;-)

> I could successfully probe my videocard and I had a lovely SVGA X Server
> running , while from Debian , the X-Probeonly doesnt achieve anything

you could try XF86Setup. It works without any problem. And since you say
you have a laptop, then you must be having a neomagic card installed
which is detected by XF86Setup automagically. 

>   Also, how do I configure my touchpad - on a laptop , compaq armada 1700
> - ... I remember it worked fine on redhat.. things like mouseconfig ,

you can try gpmconfig for that matter. 

>   Now this isnt to start weird distro wars ... but only 6 hours into
> Debian , i'm wondering if just 2 month's exposure to linux , primarily
> redhat ,....is enough to get working on a debian m/c... 

Expert comments awaited here. 

>   And how would i setup multiple linux distros on my box ? I have 4.3 GB
> and would appreciate any guidance.

regarding paritioning , you can do it this way.

1st parition - swap ( common to the two different linux distros ) so you don't 
		need two swap partitions fot two different distros.
2nd partition - Your windoze ( 95,98 or nt )
3rd partition - One Linux Distro
4th partition - Another Linux Distro here

The first and second partition must be primary partitions.
the 3rd and 4th  can be either primary or extended depending oon the
way you want to mount your varioys linux partitions.

Hope this helps

>   I intend re-vamping my system with RedHat 6.x from November PCQ , Debian
> 2.1 that I have , win 2000 or 98 or something ... what would be the
> optimal partition sizes , what order would i install stuff and so on? Is
> this distro or would any normal textbook on linux suffice...  ?

I might suggest you RTFM. ;-)

Just one thing more, choose the distro which suits your needs and with which
you are comfortable with. DOn't go by words. ;-)

Regards
	Khader

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