Debian only let you go with ext2? When I installed it a couple of months ago it gave me a list of 100+ filesystems I could use. I think when I installed Debian I told it to install the basiic desktop packages which included KDE and Gnome and it made KDE the default. I fiddled with some config files and got it to use Gnome instead, on mine you can alse choose which one you want to use at the login screen. The only problem I have is that it wont let me login as root, I always have to login as a normal user and the do su root.

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Original post by BradDaBug
So far I''m not having much luck with SuSE either. I tried to install the NVidia drivers, but since SuSE says I have an Athlon flavored kernel it confuses the nVidia install program, so it gets the source rpm thingy and tries to build it (same as when I do it by hand) and it builds it but then when it tries to install the driver it sees that it was built for a 2.4.x SuSE kernel, and I have a 2.4.x SuSE Athlon kernel, so it won''t work. It looks like it''s completely aware of the Athlon part of it all when its getting built, but it won''t install the driver. (the insmod or whatever part fails).

Arg. I''ve been using Linux for nearly 2 years now, and I can''t even install some video card drivers.

EDIT: Oh yeah, another quirk I had with Debian was it wouldn''t let me choose what kind of filesystem to use. It forced ext2.

[edited by - BradDaBug on June 25, 2003 12:21:02 AM]

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This Debian install of yours is pretty weird. The filesystem is one of the first things the installer asks! What kind of install are you doing (cd, network, ...)?

Usually in the Debian install i do:
Next. Next. Next. Next. Next. Type something. Next. Next. Next. Next. Type something. Next. Install lot of packages.
apt-get install kudzu
(kudzu configures some hw). And then
apt-get dist-upgrade
And then.. let''s have FUN! =)

Victor.

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Original post by PoesRaven
actually, i switched FROM debian to slackware, but maybe im just wierd

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To each his own. One of the beauties of Linux et. al.

[edited by - doc on June 25, 2003 12:39:11 AM]

When I tried to install Debian I was using the 3.0 r1 cd''s 1 and 2 that I downloaded and burnt from iso images. Isn''t that what''s normally done?

I don''t get why my installation experience was so different than everyone elses.

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Original post by BradDaBug
When I tried to install Debian I was using the 3.0 r1 cd's 1 and 2 that I downloaded and burnt from iso images. Isn't that what's normally done?

I don't get why my installation experience was so different than everyone elses.

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Man, that is weird. I think my CD is the same one you have (except that i have only the 1st CD; the rest i get from the Internet).

These are the first steps on the Debian installer (from what i can remember):

- Select language
- Select keyboard
- Select swap partition
- Select "/" partition.
- Select the filesystem for the "/" partition (options: ext2, ext3, reiserfs)
- Mount the "/" partition
- Load kernel modules

And the rest i can't remeber very well.... but if your install didn't go through these steps, then there's something wrong.

Oh, one more thing: when you booted from the CD, on that "boot:" screen, did you type (?):
bf24 <ENTER>

If not, try that... it'll load the latest kernel.

I'm not at home now, but when i get home i'll check for you which version of Debian is on my CD.

Victor.


[edited by - -vic- on June 26, 2003 7:50:05 AM]

I think I was using the 2nd CD to boot (i think that loaded the "vanilla" kernel by default, which sounded like what I needed) and just pushed .

I tell you guys what (that looks so wierd when its typed out), I'll give Debian another shot if you guys will help me out (not really hold my hand through it, but almost, ya know ). i guess i gotta reburn the 1st CD though cause i used it to burn the SuSE boot CD. I get back from class (PS101! AH!) in a few hours, so I'll try it then.

[edited by - BradDaBug on June 26, 2003 10:33:25 AM]

you need to specify the "bf24" boot parameter when installing debian 3.0, or else you will be stuck with the 2.2 kernel series.

this is probably why you can only use ext2 fs.

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Original post by BradDaBug
I think I was using the 2nd CD to boot (i think that loaded the "vanilla" kernel by default, which sounded like what I needed) and just pushed .

I tell you guys what (that looks so wierd when its typed out), I''ll give Debian another shot if you guys will help me out (not really hold my hand through it, but almost, ya know ). i guess i gotta reburn the 1st CD though cause i used it to burn the SuSE boot CD. I get back from class (PS101! AH!) in a few hours, so I''ll try it then.

[edited by - BradDaBug on June 26, 2003 10:33:25 AM]

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Sure, give it another try, you won''t regreat once you get it working.

I checked my Debian CD, and it''s Debian 3.0 R1 - exactly the same you got. Boot from the 1st CD, and don''t forget to type "bf24" on the "boot:" screen.

Here this CD installed both KDE and Gnome, but the old version of them. After you''ll install everything i think you''ll want to upgrade to the Debian unstable version... but let''s talk about this later

Victor.

Another hint for ya: later in the installation it''ll ask if you want to use dselect or tasksel to select the packages you want to install. I recommend going with tasksel, it''s much simpler.

Victor.

OK, here goes nothing. I'm about to reboot with CD 1 and try this again.

EDIT #1: OK, it's installed, and this time I got to choose the filesystem! (i picked Reiser btw; ext2 and 3 haven't impressed me all that much) But my mouse isn't working. Doh! I did what I did last time (insmod usb-uhci) and it was already loaded. cat /dev/input/mice says the device doesn't exist.

EDIT #2: Mouse works! I needed to insmod mousedev. Will I have to do that each time it boots? How to I get it to automatically do that? Blah, KDE! I need to get Gnome working. I guess now I need to get it to mount my Windows partition. And how to I make it apt-get the latest version of something, not an older version?

[edited by - BradDaBug on June 26, 2003 3:51:11 PM]