> On Sun, 29 Sep 2002, Vincent Danen wrote: > > A couple of problems with what you're trying to do: > > 1) The mirrors installer does not reflect the state of the final 8.2 > installer image. I was never able to update it at the end of the cycle, > as I don't have direct write access. > 2) The RPM tree is incomplete, with several rather important files > missing. Vincent had a certain advantage in that he synced the most > current stuff directly from me. Explanation for the state of the mirrors > as far as RPMs is twofold: > > a) Some RPMs, though valid versions, were rejected by the upload > script I use to upload. > b) Cooker has been frozen, so I haven't uploaded anything since > Sept 2 or so.
Can that be source of my installation problems (both 8.2 and from coooker, see below) ? > Finally, network installs aren't really intended to be done over the > internet. The idea is to mirror the files locally on your own network, > and then do an install from your own ftp, http, nfs server. If cooker was > live, there's a good chance the files would change on you in the middle of > your install, which would not play out well for your install. I finally rsync everything from ftp.ciril.fr (then a gendistrib and al.) to do a hardrive install. > An 8.2 install and updating via urpmi is probably your best bet at this > point, but you'll still get bitten by point #2 above. Hopefully cooker > will re-open soon, and I'l be able to clean things up on the mirrors. I tried, I tried and I tried. I just don't get how to go over the "glibc" dependencies without breaking everything. Any tips ? Should I use "auto-select" or go step by step ? > The net boot you were trying to do above requires you to have a local > tftpserver hosting the kernel images. This is covered in the small guide > in the doc directory. Tried it before. It failed probably because of my earlier openfirmware problem/corruption. Doesn't really matter now. > Test mode install isn't really that bad. The partitioning is the portion > that is probably the most different, mostly due to limitations of what you > can do with a console based app vs. gtk. I agree it's not worst that 5 years ago when I joined this happy community... But I get however serious problems, maybe because I'm not a natural ppc guy. 1- Individual packages choice doesn't work. I can add/remove but the real installation don't care. It just go with the "theme" choices (gnome, kde, office, internet, etc.) If you choose nothing (minimal install) it crash). So I choose only the "network client" to do a 8.2 minimal install. 2- Locales-fr is never installed. I rather get locales-et. So I do a urpme of -et and urpmi of -fr after the reboot. I can live with this one. But: 3- Only the "linux native" seems to work in the partitioning (8.2 and cooker). How should I spell "reiserfs" or "ext3, Ext3, Linux ext3" ? "reiserfs" and "ext3" passed but I never get the "format, type, resize" option. Only "create" on a smaller sized partition. If I persit (don't use create, exit then OK then the "partition to format: hda12, hda13 swap...), I get "Une erreur est survenue, Le montage a echoue"..."A error occur, fail to mount: invalid argument". Then I must reboot and start over and choose Linux native only. 4- The formating (Linux native) during the COOKER installation seems to corrupt the fs. On reboot, I get the "do e2fsck -b 8193" etc... No matters how many e2fsck I tried to do (8193, 16385, ... there or by the rescue CD reboot) it stay unbootable. So I guess I must do a "upgrade install" or a full-install-without-reformatting from 8.2 to cooker... I do it with the "theme" gnome this time. 5- With the "Full-install-without-reformatting" I can't get X to works. It worked with 8.2. It don't like the mix of the new2.4.19 with X4.2 with r128 (ati rage 128 mobility) I guess. "(EE)(R128) Could not... V_BIOS (5)" stuff By googling a little, I tried many thing. The only that works (a little) is to do: "X -configure" copy the new Xconfigure.new file from /root/ --> /etc/X11/XFconfig-4. Replace "ati" by "fbdev" Replace the mouse "auto" and "/dev/mouse" options by "PS/2" and "/dev/usbmouse". Fire startx. It works (nice red screen with a moving "X") but gnome don't start. What should I do next ? I'm close ain't ? FYI, my "cooker hardrive installation" is in my /home partition (diff that /). P.
