Jacob, Thanks, and, yes, it was a very vanilla install (because it didn't as me any question;>). > > 1. It never asked me the hardware config questions I was > used to with > > both woody and sarge. What happened to them, how do I find > out what > > device support is installed, and get support for devices that might > > not be installed (i.e., download drivers for stuff- > although now that > > I've said it, I guess they're just apt packages, right?). > > It sounds like you entered 'expert' or 'expert26' at the boot > prompt on the previous install and didn't on your latest install.
> Is there something that's not working on your computer, or > why do you think you need more drivers? What do you need the > drivers for? Answers to those questions would help us help > you tremendously. Most likely any hardware drivers you need > are already in the kernel waiting to be loaded. If you need > software stuff, then yes, it's usually available via apt-get. I *thought* I also entered expert vga=771 on this one, too, but could be mistaken. Everything's working fine, given I've only run it a few hours and haven't tried anything like burning CD's or using the USB port or such, but a) I don't want to unknowningly screw up, and b) I'm trying to learn the whole system. Thanks again for the response. -------------------------------- Allen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
