Debian convert??

John (EBo) David plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
Fri, 27 Jul 2001 21:45:06 -0700


John wrote:
> 
>  I have followed all the threads regarding Debian and have decided to give it
> a try (again). 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 ?
> 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 may be wrong, but I think the 1024 cyl limit for LILO has been fixed
over a year ago...  I have several partitions that I boot off of and
most if not all of them are well above 1024.

  EBo --