Re: [PLUG] Re: [PLUG]Debian install WAS RH EOL

[LeRoy Cressy <ldc@lrcressy.com>]

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Hi Jon,

I will bring a set of Debian testing CD's to tomorrow night's meeting if 
you will be there.

Also I suggest a kernel compile that might work for you.

Jon Nelson wrote:
> Leroy,
>
> Thanks for the offer.  I have been struggling with it all day.
>
> My main problem is that my NIC (Intel PRO/1000 XT) is not being
> recognized.  Therefore I can't do a net install.  I have CDs but they are
> 2.2.
>
> I did install 2.2 and then downloaded the driver from Intel.  When I tried
> to compile the driver I got an error about version.h being missing.  Some
> addtional reading indicated that the source and the current config had to
> match or it would not compile.  So it looks like I hve to compile a kernel
> just to get this driver to install.
>
> Am I going about this the wrong way?  It just seems that it should not be
> this difficult.
>
> Jon
>
> LeRoy Cressy said:
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> > Hi Jon,
> >
> > There are a number of us on the PLUG list that will be happy to give you
> > any assistance that you may need.  Some of us have been using Debian
> > since 94 and 95 with no the only problem being with major upgrades like
> > converting from potato to woody.
> >
> > With the coming upgrade of testing to stable I feel that using testing
> > is a good option.
> >
> > Jon Nelson wrote:
> >
> > > Kam Salisbury said:
> > >
> > >
> > > > The end of an era?
> > >
> > >
> > > Is for me.  I am in the midst of installing Debian.
> > >
> > > I know that they have the Fedora project, but I don't like how there is
> > > no
> > > stable version and that there is no easy, set in place way of upgrading
> > > installed packages (ie, apt-get, up2date).
> > >
> > > It's bumming me out and it's going to hurt a little, but I up for the
> > > challenge.
> > >
> > > Jon
> >
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