1) Kernel 2.4Kernel 2.6 is much better at devices, like usb external disks. The team kernel2.6/hal/gnome-volume-manager is working very well together, they recognize and mount almost everything you plug in the usb ports. You don't need either scsi emulation, nor for the cd- recorder.
2) VERY big swap partition.With 256 Mb of RAM, taking a 22 Gb partition to use as virtual ram is largely exceeding addressing capabilities of your computer. I think you were using hda2 to store user files, that is a good idea, so you don't need knoppix when your system hangs, you just reinstall on old root partition, and you have all your data safe in another place.
3) Where do the logical partition are allocated? It seems that the extended partition contains only hda5, not the rest of free space. This is a problem, you cannot allocate hda6 anywhere.
well... fourth problem:Windows!!! (it means, strange partition allocation, big and risky disk usage, viruses, no separated swap memory...)
Solution: Install sarge stable directly: When asked to partition, choose "manual". Wipe hda4, and allocate all the free space to an extended partition.Allocate no more than 1 G to swap (normally it is considered safe just "double of your memory" but it depends on your needs), then the rest to the new root partition (hda6). select your old hda3 and mount it under /home, without formatting. Install clean, everything you need, gnome is very stable now, kde too but a bit too complicated in terms of usability... Then copy back to /home/you everything you need that is in /home/home/ you, same for /home/etc to /etc (this is because you mounted old root into home.
Last: ALWAYS have a separate /home, possibly with a backup of /etc. El 20/06/2005, a las 23:34, Morten Gulbrandsen escribió:
Hello, I have decided to return back to debian sarge, I reported this : http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2005/04/msg00127.html After that I rember I ran some Tex and latex applications, I did use aptitude, dselect and taskselect, everything from the ftp server sunsite informatik Finally the mouse froze. I can't move it.Both a frozen mouse and no access to my USB or ZIP drive must be a user error.I never had USB or SCSI support, but the first installation had no problems withmoving the mouse. I have seen that sarge now is stable,I can try to use knoppix in order to back up some of the important files, then wipe it off and go for another install with the latest stable release.Since my problem is not reported to be a problem I believe it must be a user error.Any comments would be appreciated, My mouse is a ps2, Best regards Morten Gulbrandsen --To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org