SATA newbie questions

[Matthew Flaschen]

Kevin Kempter wrote:
> Is this an issue with Kubuntu as well?

Depends on what SATA driver you have.  You'll probably have to try it.

> 
> Also, two more questions:
> (1) can someone point me to a link with info on how to install debian packages 
> by hand ?

dpkg -i

> (2) can I search on what packages/versions are currently installed (like an 
> rpm -qa) ?

To show all installed packages:

dpkg -l

If you want to search for particular installed package names, try e.g.:

dpkg -l | grep xserver*

There should be a better way to do this, but if so I don't know it.

Other than that, it depends what you want to do.

Matt Flaschen