ultimately what we're after is a debian-based install that does server functions (email, web, database) that has GOOD DETECTION ROUTINES at install, such as
knoppix morphix lilbranet mepis xandros any opinions on using these to detect hardware, install, and serve, serve, serve? we have direct experience with knoppix and morphix -- both have good hardware detection, but insist on installing all kinds of desktop/gui stuff. trying to get a woody (or sarge, for that matter) up and running on our raid server was a morass wed on't want to try again soon. morphix detected everything, we installed, and then set runlevel 2 to NOT launch any X apps. isn't there a cleaner way without having to be a brilliant hardware guru? -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux boss 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #46 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Troubled by MAC-FORMAT TEXT FILES? There are many ways to translate CR to LF. VIM can help, with these steps: :set ffs=mac :e! :set ff=unix and then save/write the file (":opt" for more info). In perl, this'll do the trick: perl -pi.mac -l12 -015 -e ';' filename*pattern.txt (that's a <hyphen-el-one-two> and <hyphen-zero-one-five>, by the way -- see "perldoc perlrun" for more info.) Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]