Good evening I've installed Debian Woody onto an Amilo-D. I didn't use tasksel nor dselect, but installed the base system, X, Wmaker and Synaptic, as suggested by C. De Young (The Very Verbose Debian 3 installation walkthrough). Other packages were installed as needed.
Articles posted on this group and on other lists, have helped me a lot. My main concern was to decrease the XP partition size (now it is only 15Gb, on a 60 Gb disk) without erasing my data. This was achieved with the help of the Partboot for USB floppy drives (Partboot-usb) from Toru Shiono ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Everything ran straight Ok (just had to rtfm). Now I can work with Linux, but still 4 things need to be done: - install the 2.6.4 kernel (Woody is 2.2.x), for ACPI support. - make X support the Radeon 9000 hardware (I've only managed to use the fb driver), maybe (surely?? ;-) by installing a more recent XFree - make the modem work smart link. - get a Cannon i350 (usb) printer driver as soon as available (I didn't check linux support for it) Ah, yes, also have to configure the sound support. I didn't manage to make Alsa work (failed to load the output module when launching alsaplayer for example). After that I will be able to run in a full linux environment. XP will stay there for my wife, but I'm planning a little joke for her.. BTW, lots of people (not on the net) told me that Debian is very harsh to install, but I found it a lot easier than some other distribs, at least on my pretty recent hardware. BTW2, for people having a DVD reader, I would suggest to install the Debian Woody from a DVD, not CDs. I got the 7 CD 'kit', and this reminds me the glorious time of CDrom-less DOS based PCs, where some compilers or other productivity softwares turned you into a bread toaster. Thanks again for your help and advices provided here. -- Jean Buchet [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://perso.libertysurf.fr/jbuchet -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
