[Reader-list] [OT] GNU/Linux doubts

[Raghavendra Bhat]

Supreet posts :

>> Then 2.2  installer doesn't support  ext3fs AFAIK which  I consider
>> important. Its not  fool-proof but it gives sufficient  room to new
>> user not having to messy stuff like fsck
 
It is possible to have the Debian Installer create an ext3fs partition
for you.  Do  type `bf24' at the boot prompt after  you insert the 1st
Debian `woody' CD.  You will then  be dropped down to the newer 2.4.18
kernel  with  framebuffer support;  now  the  installer  will ask  you
whether  you  want  an  ext2/ext3/reiserfs partition  (once  the  disk
partitioning is over).

Technical  excellence is  just a  secondary issue  when freedom  is at
stake.   When  the  free   flow  of  information  is  threatened,  the
convenience  of a GUI  installer or  a jazzy  desktop of  a `non-free'
system can well be done without.

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