Bob Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: BE> (1) how do i configure debian for dsl ?
It depends on the sort of DSL modem you have. I think there's a generic sort that connects with an RJ45 patch cable to a normal Ethernet card; in this case, the problem reduces to one of setting up an Ethernet card (and possibly DHCP). BE> (2) What do I have to do to get debian to recognize all three of my hard BE> drives ? Probably nothing, especially if all three are IDE. You can use fdisk or cfdisk to partition the other drives, mke2fs to create filesystems on other partitions, and add those other filesystems to /etc/fstab. Alternatively, you can leave those hard drives with FAT partitions (assuming that's what they have now), and Linux can read those directly, again with an appropriate line in /etc/fstab. BE> (3) what do I have to do to be able to dual boot to either debian (yea) BE> or windows 98 (boo!!) ? You'd need to configure your boot loader appropriately. LILO is the most popular one; I use and like GRUB. In either case, you'll kind of need to read the documentation. This is a pretty common set-up, though. BE> (4) what is this "potato" that I keep reading about? "Potato" is the latest stable release of Debian GNU/Linux, also sometimes known as Debian GNU/Linux 2.2. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mit.edu/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell
