On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 09:22:04PM +0000, Steve Dobson wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 15:56 -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 03:48:46PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 03:24:28PM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 09:18:56PM +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote:
> > > > > That's not strictly true. Etch doesn't contain a kernel recent enough
> > > > > to
> > > > > use that hardware, but that doesn't prevent anyone from installing
> > > > > etch without ethernet and compile a more recent kernel later on.
> > Probably, after you get the system installed. Doing a net install
> > without a network port is a pain.
> >
> > One could install an old spare network card to do the install, then
> > upgrade the kernel and then use the built in network I suppose.
>
> That's probably the easiest way. If you haven't got a spare NIC handy
> then second hand one from computer fairs are very cheap.
>
> The other way (if you have a spare AMD64 system) is to install on that
> system and then just move the disks. I've used that method to install
> embedded systems which don't have a CDROM drive by using my laptop. Bit
> of a bugger moving the disk, not as easy as plugging a spare NIC into a
> PCI slot, but it works.
If you have a spare null-modem cable you can also network over that to
another computer. Of course, if you're on dialup, just hook up to the
modem normally.
The questions for the OP are:
Do you want the stability of Stable (Etch) or can you tolerate
things breaking for a while before getting fixed (Lenny) or are
you experienced enough to run Sid and perhaps need to
occasionally downgrade a package?
Also, for what use is this box?
Also, what video do you use? E.g. if it needs the latest nVidia
driver (won't work with either nv or the nVidia driver in Etch),
then this is a factor to decide as well.
Doug.
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