Re: pc compatibility
On 5 Apr, 02:50, "Douglas A. Tutty" <dtu...@porchlight.ca> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 01:29:26PM -0700, remigio wrote:
> > I'd like to buy an Acer Aspire m1610 for a very convenient low price,
> > but before this I want to know the Debian Etch compatibility on this
> > pc. Have someone had an experience in this way?
> > Thanks very much.
>
> Don't know but if its hot-off-the-press, remember that Etch isn't. By
> the time Stable becomes Stable (as Etch did a year ago), it doesn't take
> long before bleeding edge hardware requries a newer kernel.
>
> Therefore, you may find that the Etch installer doesn't detect
> everything and you'll need either Lenny or Sid.
>
> Suggestion: burn the netinst.iso for Etch and try booting it on the box.
> Go to a shell and look at the dmesg and check syslog for errors.
>
> Doug.
>
Thank you very much.
Remigio
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