[lug] Help installing debian at the install fest?

[siegfried]

>> I want to install debian on my PC because it seems to be the best
platform
>> for doing embedded system work.
>
>I'm curious as to why you believe this?
>
>Regards,
>Lori
>


Lori,
The email message below is one reason I want to run debian etch. I think I
have read in other places that debian is best. 

But, maybe I'll have to try something else like Ubuntu or run debian etch on
VMWare (ugghh, ... compiling an OS on VMWare sounds very slowww.....).

Siegfried

>From: nslu2-general at yahoogroups.com [mailto:nslu2-general at yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of Rod Whitby
>Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 10:30 PM
>To: nslu2-general at yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [nslu2-general] Favorite OS for PC?
>
>siegfried wrote:
>> http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Development/MasterMakefile gives
directions
>> for many different PC OSs.
>> 
>> I assumed debian would be the favorite platform.
>> 
>> However, I'm getting kernel panics when try to install debian on my PC. I
>> tried in Mar 2007 and I'm getting the same kernel panic now with debian
>> 4.0r0.
>> 
>> Given that I'm having such trouble, what would be a good choice? Ubuntu,
>> Knoppix, SuSE and Fedora seem to install OK on my PC.
>
>The nslu2-linux autobuilder runs Debian Etch.
>
>I ensure that our toolchain and build infrastructure runs on Debian Etch
>and CentOS 4 (cause those are the two OS's that I run).
>
>-- Rod