> On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 11:30:49 -0400 (EDT) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 10:22:40 -0400 (EDT) >> > Because Debian is available for nearly ever hardware out there. >> > http://www.debian.org/ports >> > >> > Redhat supports significantly less platforms. >> > http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/platform/linux/redhat.com/dist/linux/9/en/os/ >> > shows only i386. They can afford to tailor their installer for just >> > that one architecture. >> > >> > That is a summary of the thread about why Knoppix has better >> > detection. They also focus on i386. >> >> Excellent point! >> >> If we assume that I'm narrowly focused on i386 architecture only. >> How do you utilize Kudzu in Debian for configuring new installs? > > I'm not sure, I've always preferred to have a basic knowledge of my > hardware and set everything myself. If a new installer comes out, I'll > probably be the only one using the old woody disks and dist-upgrading. > I've actually come to like the current installer. >
I don't mind it except for configuring X. I haven't really tried other hardware, though I have a ton weird stuff available: floppy based tape drive parallel port zip disk various printers usb cameras from 1990's I even have a Macintosh SCSI-1 hard drive case that, in theory, should hook up to to an existing Linux box as an external SCSI device. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
