Re: Debian vs. Fedora on Laptops

2004-12-25 Thread Romana Branden
On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 05:28 pm, Andrew McMillan wrote: > No, it's called "kernel-package", but there is such a command, and it's > damned useful to use to build customised kernel packages. have a look at: http://www.desktop-linux.net/debkernel.htm a useful howto on doing a kernel (2.6 in this case

Re: Debian vs. Fedora on Laptops

2004-12-25 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Sun, 2004-12-26 at 07:25 +0100, Anders EllenshÃj Andersen wrote: > On Sunday 26 December 2004 06:40, Tim Ebenezer wrote: > > Hi Again, > > > I built my kernel from source without it. Debian has a very unique great > > way of installing a kernel. First apt-get kernel-source-2.6.x (x being > > S

Re: Debian vs. Fedora on Laptops

2004-12-25 Thread Anders Ellenshøj Andersen
On Sunday 26 December 2004 06:40, Tim Ebenezer wrote: > Hi Again, > I built my kernel from source without it. Debian has a very unique great > way of installing a kernel. First apt-get kernel-source-2.6.x (x being Shouldn't that be apt-get install kernel-source-2.6.x? > the version you want), th

Re: Debian vs. Fedora on Laptops

2004-12-25 Thread Tim Ebenezer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Again, Ryan D'Baisse wrote: | I have looked there and they do have mine listed. Unfortunately, the | walk-through is for Fedora and RH9. Not knowing much about the | differences, I was not too sure how much of it would apply to Debian. Peripheral d

Re: Debian vs. Fedora on Laptops [*faked-from*][heur]

2004-12-25 Thread David Pastern
Hi Ryan, Have you considered a Debian based derivative? I would wholeheartedly recommend Libranet GNU/Linux - http://www.libranet.com/. Current version is Libranet 2.8.1, but this is getting a bit old in the tooth these days, at 18 months old and it is also 100% compatible with Debian. The fi

Re: Debian vs. Fedora on Laptops

2004-12-25 Thread norton
Howdy I installed FC1 in my laptop... had problems... installed FC2, had problems... installed Debian Sarge... no problem ;-) > 1. I am still a Linux newbie. Most of the install issues, both with > the OS and with applications, have been taken care of for me with the > slick install wizard and t

Re: Debian vs. Fedora on Laptops

2004-12-25 Thread Tim Ebenezer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Ryan.. Ryan D'Baisse wrote: | I am looking to move from FC2 to Debian, but have questions... I haven't used Redhat since it was Redhat, but here goes.. | 1. I am still a Linux newbie. Most of the install issues, both with | the OS and with applicati

Debian vs. Fedora on Laptops

2004-12-25 Thread Ryan D'Baisse
My apologies for x-posting this. I originally posted it to debian-users and THEN noticed that there was a group specifically for laptops. It won't happen again. _ I am looking to move from FC2 to Debian, but have questions... 1. I am still a Linux newbie. Most of the instal

Re: Problem with Installation Debian sarge Netinstaller

2004-12-25 Thread Robin
Emir Saric wrote: Hello, my name is Emir Saric. I try to install debian sarge netinstaller on my Notebook 'Acer Travelmate 4500'. After I install debian the notebook reboot and while the notebook is booting there are some errors and then it stop to boot. I try to install it with the 2.4.27 and the