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Re: Netatalk

> How though do I find out what's going to be
> installed in say vanilla, or bf24 before doing it?
Why do you care? Try them all until one works and upgrade the kernel afterwards. The required effort will be less than doing a surgical inspection of the BF innards.
Past that, you can inspect the contents of a package before installing it by doing something like this: 

# apt-get install --download foo
# dpkg -x foo.deb


> I kind of need to know whether it'll support my old
> network card - see my other email (attached)

Just try the new kernel.
When you install a new kernel, the old kernel is given the "Linux.OLD" boot label. If the new kernel doesn't work properly, then you can start the old kernel with the Lilo boot menu.
You can force Lilo to present the boot menu by holding the shift key when the computer starts. 


Andrew Gilberto wrote:


Hi Darik,
Many thanks for the reply. How though do I find out what's going to be
installed in say vanilla, or bf24 before doing it?
And - if I do do that - I kind of need to know whether it'll support my old
network card - see my other email (attached)

Thanks, Andrew.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Darik Horn" <dajhorn@vanadac.com> 
To: "Andrew Gilberto" <andrew_gilberto_67@hotmail.com>
Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: Netatalk




Install a recent complete kernel package:

# apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18-1-386

This kernel package has netatalk support.  The netatalk deamons should
start without problems if you are running this kernel.

The BF kernels do not always have everything that you might need.


Andrew Gilberto wrote:



Hello,

I'm trying to setup a new machine with netatalk support. I've installed


the


idepci flavour of Debian (or whichever the default is when you hit


return at


the boot prompt on installation), and it doesn't seem to have netatalk


built


in.

I've looked in:
/lib/modules/2.2.20-idepci/net/ and in .../misc/ and cannot find any
appletalk.o.

I've tried apt-get install netatalk which came back with an error about
unsupported protocol, so clearly it sounds like it's not installed the
protocol support. But, this confuses me since I've read on a few


postings in


newsgroups that it is installed as part of most Debian flavours in


woody.


So, one of my questions is: how can I find out whether


appletalk/netatalk is


included in Debian flavour *before* installing it? ]
Anyone help,

Thanks, Andrew.








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Subject:
Netatalk
From:
"Andrew Gilberto" <andrew_gilberto_67@hotmail.com>
Date:
Tue, 23 Mar 2004 15:51:14 -0000
To:
<debian-user@lists.debian.org>

To:
<debian-user@lists.debian.org>


Hello,

I'm trying to setup a new machine with netatalk support. I've installed the
idepci flavour of Debian (or whichever the default is when you hit return at
the boot prompt on installation), and it doesn't seem to have netatalk built
in.

I've looked in:
/lib/modules/2.2.20-idepci/net/ and in .../misc/ and cannot find any
appletalk.o.

I've tried apt-get install netatalk which came back with an error about
unsupported protocol, so clearly it sounds like it's not installed the
protocol support. But, this confuses me since I've read on a few postings in
newsgroups that it is installed as part of most Debian flavours in woody.

So, one of my questions is: how can I find out whether appletalk/netatalk is
included in Debian flavour *before* installing it? ]
Anyone help,

Thanks, Andrew.
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