Adam Aube said: > Brian Ronk wrote: > >> I am setting up a computer with Debian, and want to know if there is a >> better version to try. Basically, stable vs testing version. Would one >> work better than the other. > > Actually, as recent discussion on the list showed, the real choice is > between Stable and Unstable. When Testing breaks (which has happened more > than once in recent months), it can take weeks or months to fix, and it > doesn't get security updates in a timely fashion. > Well, i am in a similar situation, is just that i went ahead and installed from the net-install ISO images for Debian 'Sarge' BETA-4. All i can say is that after spending about 8 hours with the machine installing from the net, i expected a more clean install. as it turns out, i haven trying to tweak the settings and see if i can get my system to respond, among other critical and not-so-critical things. ( if anybody care to take a peek at a dump of some diagnostics please do so at "http://lhabia.com/lrrm/ts-report.txt", maybe somebody will give me a clue )
I have been considering trying to install Woody 3.0r1 and upgrade afterwards to 3.0r2 ( this bad is been with Sarge ), but i am afraid i will just encounter more of the same. This is not trolling, is a cry for help. the issues i face are : ntfs or fat32 File System Support ( i come from windows and have a hard disk with info i cant access anymore ) NVidia GeForce4 Ti 4600 Drivers ( hey if i got the card i want to use it ) PPTP VPN capability ( Anybody know how to implement this? The configuration file is in my Windows HarDrive wich i cant acces yet but i am sure i can get the info from my ISP ) SoundBlaster Audigy Drivers ( no audio whatsoever in linux, alsa support perhaps? ) HighMem Support ( i heard is not worth it as i only have 1GB of RAM but it would be nice to know how fix this in case i increase my memory ) >> The computer is a Compaq Proliant 1850R. It is a Dual Pentium 3 600 Mhz >> with 265 MB of RAM, onboard nic, SCSI. The hard drives are a hardware >> SCSI RAID, 17 GB. > > If it's a production server or a test for a rollout onto production > servers, > run Stable. You seem to have older hardware, so Woody should install on > it. > I would suggest using the "bf24" option to install a 2.4 kernel. > > Adam > bf24 seems to give lots of headaches in my system, specially if i try to use the NVidia Installer for its drivers. Luis -- sic transit gloria fenestrae -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]