> On Nov 2, 2003, at 12:17 AM, Robert Wultsch wrote:
> 
> > Would it be possible to copy the kernel and all the moudules from my 
> > suse install to a outside medium, and then install debian and copy 
> > over the kernel? I *hate* the way that suse is setup for dealing with 
> > packages. Debian and Windows are so simple (usally) for new software 
> > that I have become jaded to having to fight with a os. There is no 
> > reason that I should be in rpm hell just to get msn updated to the 
> > latest version so I can use msn messanger.
> 
> Why not just install Debian and upgrade the kernel? I thought the 
> Debian philosophy was to make fewer releases in the interest of 
> stability and then let the users upgrade to the latest stuff as they 
> need it. I know on the PPC side upgrading to a recent BenH kernel is 
> just part of the install on machines new enough to actually be 
> shipping. Going to the Debian site and  DLing a current enough version 
> of YaBoot to actually access the Debian CD is another part of the 
> ritual.
> 
> Come to think of it, the easiest way to install Debian, at least on PPC 
> systems, is to install another Linux and then install Debian over it. 
> It has always bothered me a little that Debian is such a cannibal.

I am not sure what you are suggesting. It is my intention, to install debian
and then upgrade to the SuSE kernel.

I have not been succesful at compiling a kernel for x86 since like 2.4.10 when
I just begining to play. There are way to many options for me to not screw it
up for my laptop. (this is not to say that I have not been succesful on the
sparc platform, which I have)  With the SuSE kernel I know that it works, but
I hate most everything else.