Advice on quick, useful set-up
Hi all,
You'll have to forgive me for not having read all the FAQs I should have.
I'm trying to knock up a debian/m68k box in a hurry for the Linux Expo
(tomorrow!).
I thought it was all going to be straightforward, but I have since
discovered that my ethernet card doesn't work. (Not linux's fault - it
doesn't work under MacOS either - it just seems to have broken).
This means that installation is more like hard work. I have an external
hard disk, which I am using to transfer files from one machine (a powermac
running macOS) to the LCIII in question.
I notice at the moment that the machine panics - BUSERR - when I hit
delete on an empty prompt - presumably, the 'beep' noise is BUSERR'ing.
Anyway, any advice or caveats about what to install? What is stable in
potato at the moment? What's the best kernel? Shall I put X on it?
Is there a console font which gives you 80 columns in 512x384? The 8x8
recommended by the install docs is only sixtysomething....
Any other thoughts about what I should show to impress people at the expo?
The general idea is just to ram home the point that debian runs on
obsolete hardware too - 'leverage legacy resources'....
Any/all help appreciated,
Jules
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