/dev/hda7 reiserfs 9.29 GB (mount point) /
/dev/hda5 ext2 15.1 MB /boot
shmfs shm 57.9 MB /dev/shm
This is from a SuSE 7.3 Pro install. I don't have a problem with the setup, if it will work with Debian, but I am unsure as to how to proceed with the Debian install prompts:
1) prompt for /dev/hda6 as swap I guess this is OK, I assume that shmfs is swap? I got this info from KDE Control Panel under SuSE 7.3. It uses KDE 2 something.
2) prompt for hda disk partition. I assume this provides an opportunity to reformat the entire hard disk, but all I really want to do is reformat the partitions at the same size for the same uses as I have now, unless there is a reason not to.
Cheers,
Brian
Mark Janssen wrote:
On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 08:04, Brian Durant wrote:I am a relative Newbie to Linux and totally new to Debian and this list. My first questions, which I hope aren't like the above subject, is how closely related is Xandros (formerly Corel) to Debian? Is it closeI've never used Xandros, but I assume it's mostly the same except for some customizing in the installer and 'desktop' department.enough that list members wouldn't mind me posting problems to this list or is that verbotten? I know that Debian has a long and honored reputation of not including commercial software, but does that mean that no attempt is made to support commercial products, for example getting Win4Lin, Star Office or Codeweavers' Office and plug in products to runFor commercial software you can usually get good support from the provider of that commercial software... that's what your paying for. I've never used Win4Lin, but I know OpenOffice is working great for debian, and it's also included in debian-main (unstable anyway). Crossover also works perfectly.At this time, I am trying to get a working Linux version installed on my daughter's Fujitsu-Siemens Celvin EasyPC. This PC has no legacy serial or parallel ports, supports USB 1.1 and like the iMac, comes without aShould not be any problem... as long as it boots from cd-rombuilt-in floppy drive. I have tried Mandrake PowerPack 9, SuSE 7.3 Pro and Xandros 1. I have had problems with all of these with regards to getting the SiS 900 Fast Ethernet driver (Ethernet built intoGet a debian (mini- or netinst-)cd and boot it with the 'bf24' option to use a 2.4 kernel. The 2.4 kernels in debian support the sis900 out of the box (I have them in my laptop and desktop systems)motherboard) to work properly. As the computer is connected to our home WAN/LAN, she hasn't been able to access the Internet or brows the Intranet. I am now in the process of burning the Debian 3 rev1 CDs and was wondering if there were any helpful comments or suggestions to any of the above.On the isolinux prompt enter 'bf24'