Switching Linux Distros

John Vetterli jvetterli-zC6tqtfhjqE at public.gmane.org
Fri Sep 17 17:20:13 UTC 2004


On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 04:31:51PM -0400, StreetSmart wrote
>> Hello, I currently have mandrake 10. But I want to switch to slackware 10.
>  One hint...
>  cat /proc/pci > pci.txt
>  Save pci.txt to a floppy, and/or print it out.  This can make things a
> *LOT* easier when trying to figure out which network card or sound or
> video driver to select.

Slackware's auto-detect worked well for me with regards to the 
network card and sound.  No harm in being prepared though.

I would also suggest that you save and/or print out your X server 
configuration.  I would have saved myself some frustration had I done so 
prior to my last re-install.

JV
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