Re: debian sarge/testing question
Incoming from Michiel van Es:
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> I have some questions about the upcoming Debian Sarge and the testing
> version Sarge right now:
It's not upcoming. It's there now. It's not deemed to be "Debian
Stable" yet, but it's been very usable for quite a while now.
> -is software raid suported during the installation like red hat does?
> Can I create software raid /dev/md* devices and boot from it?
It was the last time I tried it.
> -is lilo still supported or is grub the default boot loader and does
> grub defaul install on a /dev/md* device like lilo does? (so I one disk
> fails..you can boot from the other...)
ALT-F2 takes you to another console where you can slap lilo or grub
around all you want. In fact, that's what I had to do. No problem.
> -can I simply upgrade my testing/sarge box to the Sarge Final release
> when it's done at 30 May 2005 ?
aptitude update && aptitude upgrade
> I am considering switching a second Linux distro next to CentOS/Red Hat
> which has great support,softraid and easy installation/package management.
Try the new Sarge installer before you talk about others' "easy
installation/package management."
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