Repairing GRub

[leech]

Debian uses Discover, it also has the option for Kudzu (which Redhat Use(d)). You've always had bad luck with Linux though, Pit. In my experience, Linux has always been a lot better at switching hardware than Windows, especially Windows XP with the whole activation thing.

For Debian, you can set any modules you want to auto load from /etc/modules. You can either just put the module name, or you can put the parameters that you want along with the module name. Really simple.

What I would do is install 'discover' and then try moving it to different hardware. Then at least during the boot, your hardware will be detected at a fairly decent level. Grub really works well, as long as you're not using mixed hard drives (SATA/IDE/SCSI). It can get confused on which drive is hd(0), etc.

Anyhow, I'm only half awake, so hopefully this makes sense

Leech

[The PIT]

More likely due to the fact that I've got a habit of using the latest hardware combined with the habit of poor documentation for Linux makes life difficult for non experts.

Although this Kiosk is a good learning curve.

[leech]

More likely due to the fact that I've got a habit of using the latest hardware combined with the habit of poor documentation for Linux makes life difficult for non experts.

Although this Kiosk is a good learning curve.

Yeah, though in no way can you blame linux for that. Half of the time the latest hardware doesn't work very well in Windows either.

Actually Linux's Documentation is very good, when it exists. If you look in the kernel source tree in the Documentation folder, it's gotten a lot better than it used to be even 2+ years ago. I think one of the biggest problems is that programmers don't like to write documentation. Actually as far as I've seen in a lot of code, it's probably a good thing too, because the majority of programmers that I've seen can't seem to spell worth a damn. Well, I bet most of them can spell the hell out of 'function' or malloc.

Leech

[The PIT]

Actually Linux's Documentation is very good, when it exists.

Leech

I think you're contridicting yourself there in one go.

Windows has the advantage as new hardware by default will have drivers written for it a sit's the biggest OS in the world. Unless it's a new MS OS thats just come out.

Took me ages to find someone who had written proper step by step instructions for ATI driver install in Suse. Others had done it but missed steps with the end result none working drivers. That was only last year.