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Author: Nick Estes
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Subject: Debian convert??
> I have followed all the threads regarding Debian and have decided to give it
> a try (again).


Right on! <holy war prevention sheild> Everyone should use debian (-=
</shield>

> I bought the 2.2 potato CD's from cheapbytes about a year ago
> and had it up once but it seemed more than I was ready for at the time.
> I have three big questions, Can I do an apt-get dist upgrade to 2.2r3 ?


Sure! Debian's package management can pretty much do whatever you want.

> Can I use something like boot magic if I make a /boot partition as I am dual
> booting with win 98. Honestly the thought of reinstalling windows 98 to make
> a partition under the 1024 cyl limit for LILO is more daunting to me than
> installing Debian! Lastly does 2.2 potato have an option to use X4.03 or at
> least a generic driver that will work with an Nvidia Geforce 2 mx if X3.3.6
> is the only option?


I would recommend putting the testing stuff in your sources file, you can
get X4 from there. (If you want you can put them in just long enough to
get X and then take it out again, but testing is pretty stable)

    --Nick