I bought an O'Reilly book on Debain Linux with a copy of 2.1 in the cover. Great learning book. I used the CD and was up and running in ~30 minutes. After such an easy install I decided to order the new 2.2 potato "official" 4 CD set.
My CD's arrived today !!! What a pain in the [EMAIL PROTECTED]& to get up and get running. I finally gave up after three hours. The "Welcome" screen indicates that 2.2.17 is the kernel version that will be used. When I finally get to the "Load base system" I choose the "default paths" on the CD. /insmnt...../2.2.16 is the default??? Well, OK lets keep going. Base system is loaded, modules are all picked out and it's time to reboot the system. Reboot. What? can't find /dev/ttyS0 (or S1,S2,S3) Why not? Debian 2.1 could find my serial ports. What are all these failed module dependencies? The bootup is looking for /lib/modules/2.2.12 !!! I brought up a new virtual terminal and sure enough a uname -a shows kernel 2.2.12, but there is no /lib/modules/2.2.12 There is however a /lib/modules/2.2.17. I guess I paid ~$35US for nothing. 2.2.17 was promised, 2.2.16 was on the CD, 2.2.12 was loaded. A complete mess. I could not find a 2.2.17 or 2.2.12 anything on any of the CD's. Why the mess up on install? Where/why is 2.2.16 or 2.2.12 even loaded or mentioned when there are no files with these names on the CD's? And before anyone asks, I did completely wipe the O'Reilly Debian 2.1 off of my HD before I started. I was really excited to get my Debian 2.2 potato "official" CD's I guess I got a really expensive set of coasters........... -- --- Christopher W. Aiken, Scenery Hill, Pa, USA chris at cwaiken dot com, www.cwaiken.com Preferred O/S: FreeBSD 4.0
