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Ray Woodcock wrote:
> Greetings.
>
> I am installing slink. I am at this choice:
>
> Configure Device Driver Modules
> Select Category
> Block -- disks and disk-like devices
>
> I am using a PC that runs Win98 on C and will run Linux on D. I have
> configured and mounted Linux partitions on D using Partition Magic 4.0. The
> partitions seem to work: an earlier installation (aborted partway through for
> presumably unrelated reasons) allowed me to run bash commands.
>
> My question: within the Block choice, do I want to select either of these two
> options, both of which seem possibly related to my PC/IDE disks:
>
> paride - .
> xd - XT hard disk controller
>
> Thanks for helping me out with Linux. Perhaps I will be able to do the same
> for others eventually.
I'm no expert and can't answer with 100% confidence, but I'm pretty sure the XT
controller is only for older controllers (like 8086/8088 style PCs). I also don't
believe you need the paride driver. I've never needed either of these on any of the
machines I've installed Debian on (10 or 15 boxes, ranging from old 386SX's to
PIII's).
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