Re: Disabling interactive init on Debian

This, as far as I know, is actually referring to the feature in Red Hat (and Red Hat variants, like Mandrake) where you can press 'i' while init is starting. This allows you to interactively choose which things you want to run and which you want skipped. To answer the original question: don'

Re: About the i586 / i386 ' optimized releases ' differences ?

No benchmarks on hand, but I can tell you the difference between them is that the i586 distros (like Linux-Mandrake) are compiled using gcc's optimizations. Theoretically, using the most advanced instruction set you can will improve performance, as newer chips do things like combine multiple i

Re: /dev/input/mice on 2.4.12

Did you enable Event Interface Support in the Input Core section? Did you enable HID support (either full or basic) in the USB Support section? You didn't mention either of these... If that's all ok, you might need to create the /dev/input directory yourself. I remember having to do at least

Re: Using lm-sensors

The i2c package that's standard in the kernel is (was?) missing some things. I've always downloaded the latest i2c package and patched the kernel. I did this on my potato box and its working like a charm. Mike > I'm trying to use lm-sensors, so far with no luck. The Readme.Debian > is a bit

Re: Adaptec problems with 2.4.6?

Which version of the driver are you using? The 2.4 series has two Adaptec SCSI drivers: the old Adaptec SCSI driver, as well as a new one. Check your kernel configs. The newer driver is known to have a lot of problems, but it's new and being actively maintained. The old driver is pretty st

Re: The Perfect Debian / Personal Computer

Modem: Go with external. You can rest assured they are not WinModems and will work under Linux. My USRobotics 56k external modem worked great up until I got DSL. :) Sound Card: I've only used a Creative AWE64 Gold card. It has worked almost flawlessly using the Sound Blaster driver. Video

Re: raid support

I was able to get RAID 1 working with kernel 2.2.19, using the patch available from http://people.redhat.com/mingo/raid-patches I used the "Boot+Root+Raid+Lilo: Software Raid HOWTO," and "The Software-RAID HOWTO" To get everything set up, along with a sample lilo.conf from a Red Hat box set up to