Mr. Joe Bank Teller stops in the morning to grab a cup of coffee from his favorite coffee shop. What Mr. Joe Bank Teller doesn't know is that we've secretly replaced his normal coffee with Folgers Nanites. Let's see if he notices...
(JBT enters office and logs into terminal) JBT: Hmm. This coffee is *good* Nanites: (open account for Joe Coffee Server) (Transfer $10 from each account on system to Joe Coffee Server's Account)
That's what I plan on doing... I do have some tech docs on the 3000 series, but I don't have the mojo for writing device drivers. NetBSD has some stuff, as does FreeBSD, but I much prefer a Linux box, as I already understand ipchains.
I was really hoping that some work on getting APM working under SMP would go in before 2.4.0, but alas, it seems not to have made the "to be added" list. I really miss the "power off on shutdown" option - that made my life a little easier before I got a UPS. Oh well, I guess I could wait a little longer, as it's not a necessary feature. Now if I could only get drivers for that dang blasted Efficient Networks Speedstream 3060 ADSL NIC.:) Stoopid BellSouth...
I usually only have a few users anyway, but you are correct. There is a difference between base UID values. The easiest solution is chown, as the files are going to be owned by UID 500+, and you don't want to just dump the old/etc/passwd down either, as this will break stuff as well.
Congratulations on discovering that RH isn't the be-all end-all of Linux distros.
Debian GNU/Linux is a clean, stable Linux distribution which is developed and enhanced by a large set of package maintainers around the world. Following in the same traditions of peer review and collaborative refinement, Debian GNU/Linux provides cutting edge technology, heightened security, and unparalleled flexibility.
As far as differences between Debian unstable and RH, you'll find that, while RH provides a larger installed base and thus better recognized support, Debian's support network is much larger in scale, and much more informative. At least that's how I've experienced it. Debian can provide most of the same packages as RH, and many more. Of course, there is no linuxconf in Debian, so you'll need to be familiar with the unified configuration tools vi and emacs.:)
Assuming you keep your/home as a separate partition, and you don't have anything anywhere else worth saving, I would just make backups of/home (just in case, but we all back up already, right?), mkfs the *other* partitions, and Debian should install just fine after that:)
Since the stuff that's being discussed here is Debian unstable, you'll need to upgrade to that after installing, as the install media you use will most likely be from the stable tree. You'll want to edit your/etc/apt/sources.list and change the entries over from stable to unstable, then apt-get update, then apt-get dist-upgrade.
As far as the initial install of Debian goes, if you feel comfortable with apt (read the documentation), I would recommend that you install just the minimal stuff and apt-get what you need. This is what I did, and I now have the same functionality before and after switching to debian, and I'm using a third of the space. The Zen of apt - it's a wonderful thing.
With all the delays that Discovery and the rest of the shuttles have been experiencing, I think it may be time to retire the shuttles in favor of a newer design.
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Ya know, there are some things I've seen with my own eyes and *still* don't believe...
I can just see it now...
Mr. Joe Bank Teller stops in the morning to grab a cup of coffee from his favorite coffee shop. What Mr. Joe Bank Teller doesn't know is that we've secretly replaced his normal coffee with Folgers Nanites. Let's see if he notices...
(JBT enters office and logs into terminal)
JBT: Hmm. This coffee is *good*
Nanites: (open account for Joe Coffee Server) (Transfer $10 from each account on system to Joe Coffee Server's Account)
Looks like Joe Bank Teller doesn't notice...
XenoWolf
BS used to use Alcatel 1000 External ADSL interfaces, but switched to internal cards to "prevent networks behing the ADSL connection"
This is the only card that BS uses currently
XenoWolf
That's what I plan on doing... I do have some tech docs on the 3000 series, but I don't have the mojo for writing device drivers. NetBSD has some stuff, as does FreeBSD, but I much prefer a Linux box, as I already understand ipchains.
XenoWolf
I was really hoping that some work on getting APM working under SMP would go in before 2.4.0, but alas, it seems not to have made the "to be added" list. I really miss the "power off on shutdown" option - that made my life a little easier before I got a UPS. Oh well, I guess I could wait a little longer, as it's not a necessary feature. Now if I could only get drivers for that dang blasted Efficient Networks Speedstream 3060 ADSL NIC. :) Stoopid BellSouth...
After all, where would geeks like us be without him?
Apple did it - remember FAT binaries for PPC and 68k processors?
chown -R is your friend :)
/etc/passwd down either, as this will break stuff as well.
just kidding
I usually only have a few users anyway, but you are correct. There is a difference between base UID values. The easiest solution is chown, as the files are going to be owned by UID 500+, and you don't want to just dump the old
XenoWolf
Congratulations on discovering that RH isn't the be-all end-all of Linux distros.
:)
/home as a separate partition, and you don't have anything anywhere else worth saving, I would just make backups of /home (just in case, but we all back up already, right?), mkfs the *other* partitions, and Debian should install just fine after that :)
/etc/apt/sources.list and change the entries over from stable to unstable, then apt-get update, then apt-get dist-upgrade.
Debian GNU/Linux is a clean, stable Linux distribution which is developed and enhanced by a large set of package maintainers around the world. Following in the same traditions of peer review and collaborative refinement, Debian GNU/Linux provides cutting edge technology, heightened security, and unparalleled flexibility.
As far as differences between Debian unstable and RH, you'll find that, while RH provides a larger installed base and thus better recognized support, Debian's support network is much larger in scale, and much more informative. At least that's how I've experienced it. Debian can provide most of the same packages as RH, and many more. Of course, there is no linuxconf in Debian, so you'll need to be familiar with the unified configuration tools vi and emacs.
Assuming you keep your
Since the stuff that's being discussed here is Debian unstable, you'll need to upgrade to that after installing, as the install media you use will most likely be from the stable tree. You'll want to edit your
As far as the initial install of Debian goes, if you feel comfortable with apt (read the documentation), I would recommend that you install just the minimal stuff and apt-get what you need. This is what I did, and I now have the same functionality before and after switching to debian, and I'm using a third of the space. The Zen of apt - it's a wonderful thing.
XenoWolf
With all the delays that Discovery and the rest of the shuttles have been experiencing, I think it may be time to retire the shuttles in favor of a newer design.
If Microsoft denies linux ports, then what in the world is egg.microsoft.com running as a web server?