AmigaActive (851/2347)

From:Andrew Barker
Date:12 Mar 2001 at 16:34:45
Subject:Re: Problems with Linux

Ray Tunstall wrote:

> [SNIP my message]
> I got my Debian CD's from www.cheeplinux.com they cost £12.99 including
> postage but binary-2 disk had errors, I phoned them and they put a new one
> in the post which I received the next morning, which I thought was pretty
> good.
>

I downloaded 3 disk images, costing me £1.50 to burn them to CD ;-)

> Since installing (which took about 4 hoursor more) it said there were errors
> and a list of 21 names and I was supposed to fix them and run [I]nstall
> again, but I can't find any documentation on how to fix them. Anyone know
> where I get the informataion to fix them?

Yup, that's why I'm trying LinuxPPC 2000 (1999 Q3 <- weird...)

All I'm trying to sus out now, it how to get the XFree86 drivers to work.

> Another problem it couldn't find my modem, even though I'd connected it to
> the serial port rather than my silversurfer. I have found drivers for
> ioblitz but not silversurfer. Does anyone know of a driver for the
> silversurfer?

You're lucky you have one, I don't have internet access on my Amiga, so I have
to download
the files elsewhere.

>
> Regards,
>
> Ray Tunstall
>

Andy Barker

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