Is Linux much easier to install on 68k or PPC?
Can anyone give me non-emotional advice on whether Linux would install much easier on an apple system than on an intel box? If my goal is to buy a used computer that has the best shot of getting Linux up in a hurry, what should i get? I realize this could be a loaded question, but I really need to know. thanks. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cyrix 5x86 100 with Linux?
Anyone having any success getting Linux to run with Cyrix 5x86 100 Mhz processors? I am having trouble, and I've seen a few messages that imply there are problems, so I want to know whether I'm trying to do the impossible g. thanks, Jim Blaney. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PnP Zoom/ComStar 28.8 w/Linux?
Anyone succeed in getting the Zoom/ComStar 28.8 so-called PnP modem to work with Linux? (Model #620) This modem insists you use the plug-n-play feature, as it does not have any jumpers you can use to bypass it. Under NT, I had to actually run a dos program called setmodem, after each time I did a hard-reboot, then soft-boot into NT before NT could recognize there was a modem installed. I fear I may have the same scenario with Linux, but there is one hope -- at least with Linux I can get source code to the modem driver and possibly add whatever it is that tells the modem to behave (and use COM3/IRQ5). Thanks for any help on this - I really need to dial into the Internet using Linux. Jim Blaney -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Any IRC channels for (Debian) Linux?
Are there any IRC channels specifically for discussing setup issues related to (Debian) Linux? thanks. Jim Blaney -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Newbie 1.1.1 Install Problem...
Repeated attempts to boot from the debian 1.1.1 boot floppy last night produced the same results each time -- I could get to the boot: prompt ok, but after pressing enter, the screen would fill with numbers in square brackets, scrolling endlessly with 10 second pauses after every few screenfuls. The first three groups of numbers were interspersed with some other multi-line message, but I couldn't figure out any way to stop the scrolling to read it. I have the InfoMagic Linux Developer's Resource 6-CD set. My system is a Cyrix 5x86 100Mhz, with 32megs RAM and a 400 meg disk partition, (just vacated from NT 4.0). I have a PAS16 audio card, an Adaptec 1542 SCSI adapter, which has connected to it a 1.2 Gig SCSI drive (all filled up), a SCSI Zip drive, an HP ScanJet IIC, and a NEC internal SCSI cdrom drive (2X). I also have an internal IDE drive and internal IDE cdrom drive (6X), and that 400 meg partition I want to use for Linux is located on the IDE drive. (Modem btw is a plug-n-play Zoom/ComStar DSVD 28800 internal, which I highly doubt will work with Linux, as it won't work either with NT.) I currently have the SCSI HD partitioned into D: and E:, and the IDE partitioned also into two drives C: and what would be F: although it had NTFS on it, so is not visible to DOS currently. I did notice the boot commands on the help screen which are needed for Adaptec 1542 cards, IDE hd's, and PAS16 sound cards. But how do I enter more than one of these at the boot: prompt? When I type the first one and press enter, it goes ahead with the loading... message, and within seconds I begin to see the scrolling sets of numbers in square brackets, as mentioned above. Sorry this is so lengthy, but I'm trying to include whatever might be helpful info to diagnosing what is going wrong here. I've spent several hours on it last night and today, and am still determined to get Linux up and running here. g Thanks for any help. Jim B. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Newbie 1.1.1 Install Problem...
Repeated attempts to boot from the debian 1.1.1 boot floppy last night produced the same results each time -- I could get to the boot: prompt ok, but after pressing enter, the screen would fill with numbers in square brackets, scrolling endlessly with 10 second pauses after every few screenfuls. The first three groups of numbers were interspersed with some other multi-line message, but I couldn't figure out any way to stop the scrolling to read it. I have the InfoMagic Linux Developer's Resource 6-CD set. My system is a Cyrix 5x86 100Mhz, with 32megs RAM and a 400 meg disk partition, (just vacated from NT 4.0). I have a PAS16 audio card, an Adaptec 1542 SCSI adapter, which has connected to it a 1.2 Gig SCSI drive (all filled up), a SCSI Zip drive, an HP ScanJet IIC, and a NEC internal SCSI cdrom drive (2X). I also have an internal IDE drive and internal IDE cdrom drive (6X), and that 400 meg partition I want to use for Linux is located on the IDE drive. (Modem btw is a plug-n-play Zoom/ComStar DSVD 28800 internal, which I highly doubt will work with Linux, as it won't work either with NT.) I currently have the SCSI HD partitioned into D: and E:, and the IDE partitioned also into two drives C: and what would be F: although it had NTFS on it, so is not visible to DOS currently. I did notice the boot commands on the help screen which are needed for Adaptec 1542 cards, IDE hd's, and PAS16 sound cards. But how do I enter more than one of these at the boot: prompt? When I type the first one and press enter, it goes ahead with the loading... message, and within seconds I begin to see the scrolling sets of numbers in square brackets, as mentioned above. Sorry this is so lengthy, but I'm trying to include whatever might be helpful info to diagnosing what is going wrong here. I've spent several hours on it last night and today, and am still determined to get Linux up and running here. g Thanks for any help. Jim B. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Newbie 1.1.1 Install Problem...
Repeated attempts to boot from the debian 1.1.1 boot floppy last night produced the same results each time -- I could get to the boot: prompt ok, but after pressing enter, the screen would fill with numbers in square brackets, scrolling endlessly with 10 second pauses after every few screenfuls. The first three groups of numbers were interspersed with some other multi-line message, but I couldn't figure out any way to stop the scrolling to read it. I have the InfoMagic Linux Developer's Resource 6-CD set. My system is a Cyrix 5x86 100Mhz, with 32megs RAM and a 400 meg disk partition, (just vacated from NT 4.0). I have a PAS16 audio card, an Adaptec 1542 SCSI adapter, which has connected to it a 1.2 Gig SCSI drive (all filled up), a SCSI Zip drive, an HP ScanJet IIC, and a NEC internal SCSI cdrom drive (2X). I also have an internal IDE drive and internal IDE cdrom drive (6X), and that 400 meg partition I want to use for Linux is located on the IDE drive. (Modem btw is a plug-n-play Zoom/ComStar DSVD 28800 internal, which I highly doubt will work with Linux, as it won't work either with NT.) I currently have the SCSI HD partitioned into D: and E:, and the IDE partitioned also into two drives C: and what would be F: although it had NTFS on it, so is not visible to DOS currently. I did notice the boot commands on the help screen which are needed for Adaptec 1542 cards, IDE hd's, and PAS16 sound cards. But how do I enter more than one of these at the boot: prompt? When I type the first one and press enter, it goes ahead with the loading... message, and within seconds I begin to see the scrolling sets of numbers in square brackets, as mentioned above. Sorry this is so lengthy, but I'm trying to include whatever might be helpful info to diagnosing what is going wrong here. I've spent several hours on it last night and today, and am still determined to get Linux up and running here. g Thanks for any help. Jim B. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
