Converting From Red Hat to Debian
I ordered install CD's for Debian (prob. a year ago), and
found that my video card wasn't supported...it WAS
supported in Red Hat, and SuSE, so I used SuSE for awhile
(I had used RH5.2 and 6.1 before that), and now I am
running RH7.1.
What I WANT to do, is to install the latest Debian version
onto a second hard drive that I have; then I will put that
hard drive as drive hda, and use the second drive (the one
that now has Red Hat) as my /home directory.
That being said--what I want to know is, first of all, is
how can I install Debian on my second drive, without having
to go through the install procedure (which is incompatible
in *text mode* with my video card)?
Also which version of Debian should I use? (What I am
going to do once I have Debian working, is to install the
latest version of XFree86; it has full support for my video
card, which is an ATI Rage 128).
This has been asked many times on this list I am sure; if
you could just give me some links to the right pages
(FAQ's, HOWTO's, or whatever), it would be greatly
appreciated. I have read the help and the installation
instructions on the Debian site until I have begun to bleed
from my eyeballs; but everything seems to be geared toward
getting you to the point of running the installation
program (which runs automatically when you boot the
installation CD). And this seems to go bonkers with my
card!
I would suspect that my video card is bad--but I am using
it right now, in Red Hat 7.1, and it is working fine.
I would purchase a new card; but I'm poor! <g!>
My system is an ABIT motherboard with 256 MB, 2 6-gig
HDD's, D-Link 530-TX 10/100 ethernet card, PII, Cox@Home
cable modem, ATI Rage 128 video card
Thanks in advance,
--Mark VII
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