On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 19:16, Mark Janssen wrote: > On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 01:35:43PM +0800, Jason Lim wrote: > > Of the Linux distributions supported by Promise (at > > http://support.promise.com/Linux/Default.htm), which is "closest" to > > Debian. That is, which requires the least modification to get working > > with Debian unstable? > > Why not just use Debian ??
I think that was his aim. > Debian can do anything RedHat / Suse can do, but better... :) > > Driver support is only a kernel issue, never a distro issue, and it's > always handy to compile your own kernels, even if you only use hardware > supported directly by the distro kernel. It appears that in this case the driver is binary-only, so compiling your own kernel is not so handy. -- http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/postal/ Postal SMTP/POP benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/projects.html Projects I am working on http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]