I ordered install CD's for Debian (prob. a year ago), and found that my video card wasn't supported...it WAS supported in Red Hat, and SuSE, so I used SuSE for awhile (I had used RH5.2 and 6.1 before that), and now I am running RH7.1.
What I WANT to do, is to install the latest Debian version onto a second hard drive that I have; then I will put that hard drive as drive hda, and use the second drive (the one that now has Red Hat) as my /home directory. That being said--what I want to know is, first of all, is how can I install Debian on my second drive, without having to go through the install procedure (which is incompatible in *text mode* with my video card)? Also which version of Debian should I use? (What I am going to do once I have Debian working, is to install the latest version of XFree86; it has full support for my video card, which is an ATI Rage 128). This has been asked many times on this list I am sure; if you could just give me some links to the right pages (FAQ's, HOWTO's, or whatever), it would be greatly appreciated. I have read the help and the installation instructions on the Debian site until I have begun to bleed from my eyeballs; but everything seems to be geared toward getting you to the point of running the installation program (which runs automatically when you boot the installation CD). And this seems to go bonkers with my card! I would suspect that my video card is bad--but I am using it right now, in Red Hat 7.1, and it is working fine. I would purchase a new card; but I'm poor! <g!> My system is an ABIT motherboard with 256 MB, 2 6-gig HDD's, D-Link 530-TX 10/100 ethernet card, PII, [EMAIL PROTECTED] cable modem, ATI Rage 128 video card Thanks in advance, --Mark VII
