OK, I'll admit upfront that I'm new to Debian, but OTOH not to Linux. I installed 2.2 (compact kernel) without any *apparent* errors, but the resulting install proved to be less than useful in some odd ways. I'm too green at Debian to know a bug from a feature :-)
I chose a "simple" install, and picked the tasks relevant to my usage. I use PPP dialup for my net connection, and do mostly e-mail, Net browsing and some c/c++ compiles. Mostly I'm in a console, but I do use X as well. The install left out gpm, which I would have thought would be a standard. Likewise lpr print spooling. After I installed lpr I discovered that the lp.o module wasn't installed with the compact kernel modules. And all the configuring failed to add /dev/lp0 to the /etc/printcap file. Of less importance (to me) was that although the VGA16 server is there, I don't recall being asked for any other; e.g., svga. So, no X is run by xdm. And finally (at last), where does all that "user" tweaking go that SuSE puts in /etc/rc.d/boot.local and halt.local? This is where, e.g., custom environmental vars are set. And where is the appropriate spot to disable daemons I don't need/want, like inetd and atd? Do I edit the /etc/init.d scripts? New but still trying, Howard Arons -- Powered by SuSE Linux 6.3 -- Kernel upgraded to 2.2.16 Communications by Mutt 1.2.4i
