Hi everyone, I downloaded debian 1.2 just before Xmas with the expectation of having some fun during the holidays (whenever kids would let dad on the computer :) that is!). Anyway, I have both home and work computers running Slackware 3.1 and am very happy with Linux. Debian seems to have a more complete setup with plenty of packages, giving me the opportunity to learn more, so I'm giving it a try.
Some observations during installation: 1. My home computer has two hard drives and a Creative Labs, SB16, ATAPI CD-ROM, Plug&Play kit. The CD-ROM drive is set with the default settings (slave on a tertiary port on the soundcard). With Slackware I use loadlinux and the "hdh=cdrom" option at the boot prompt and it works fine. With debian, I first had to make /dev/hdh by hand. The custom disk would accept the "hdh=cdrom" option, would seem to "see" the drive, but would ask me for a "root disk" to complete the boot-up. Without the "hdh=cdrom" option it would boot, but no CD-ROM drive would be accessible. My solution: I went to the slack sources and installed loadlinux and after that it went fine. 2. Similarly, on my work computer with an old 2x Panasonic. I had to make /dev/sbpcd first. 3. OK now, request help for this: My preference in using Linux is doing most of my editing work on a console and only when I need graphics go to X-windows. So I prefer to use startx and not xdm. The XFree86 3.2 that comes with slackware works fine. However, with debian, the screen flashes once, X-windows seem to come up for a second and then promptly exit. Obviously, I need to do some additional configuration. Something to do with the window managers perhaps? I would appreciate any pointers / suggestions on this. Thank you ********************************************************** * Anastasios (Tasos) Drosopoulos * * email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * URL : http://www.dreo.dnd.ca * ********************************************************** -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]