Also, If you do *not* want to run lilo on your system, you can make a boot CDrom. I used them on several boxes and it's just about as fast as booting off the hard drive. This requires a newer MB.
gl On Wednesday 06 June 2001 21:04, ktb wrote: > On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 12:22:48AM -0300, xgnu wrote: > > Hi all. > > > > This is my first messsage to the list. > > I have installed debian potato 2.2 and I have a few questions. > > > > 1: I choose boot from a floppy disk, but the boot process is > > very slow (until pass control to hd). Is there any way to > > speed up the boot process? > > You will want to install a boot loader like lilo. Try running - > liloconfig > Take a look at - > man lilo > man lilo.conf > man liloconfig > > > 2: The kernel version is 2.2.17. I want to compile 2.4.5, but > > I have a tar.gz file, not the deb pkg and I had not installed > > development tools. Which packages I need to compile the new > > kernel? > > For instructions on how to upgrade to 2.4.x kennels - > http://www.debian.org/News/2001/20010415 > > You can use Adrian's packages at - > http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/kernel-24.html > > > thanks, and of course, sorry for my english! (i'm argentinian). > > Your English is fine:) > kent -- Jaye Inabnit\ARS ke6sls/TELE: USA-707-442-6579\/A GNU-Debian linux user Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WEB: http://www.qsl.net/ke6sls ICQ: 12741145 If it's stupid, but works, it ain't stupid. SHOUT JUST FOR FUN. Free software, in a free world, for a free spirit. Please Support freedom!
