Re: hardware detection on i386
On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 12:02, tallison@tacocat.net wrote:
> I haven't done an install on Debian for about 4 years now.
>
> I recently played with a few other distriibutions and was impressed with
> their ability to do hardware detection auth-magically for me.
>
> I'm trying to get some feedback on how well Debian performs at being able
> to detect (and configure) hardware thats on the existing system. Right
> now I don't care if this is on -stable or -unstable or wherever.
> I would be nice if it was in the sarge disk-install project, but I'm
> trying to be more open-minded then that.
>
> Is there something that might be available post-install to clean up the
> rough edges?
>
> Specific areas that I'm concerned with are:
> cd-rw devices
> xconfiguration
[snip]
> For my needs and from my experiences, Debian makes for a better
> mission-critical server than does SuSE. As for the desktop it can be well
> argued that once configured it doesn't really change (and hence no need
> for really cool hdwe detection tools).
> But I'm very curious if the hardware detection/configuration process has
> made any headway.
You may want to check out http://www.libranet.com. The previous
version is available for free download, and an apt-get upgrade will
bring you to sarge/sid.
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