Re: 7.0b,
At the 5th attempt I got an initial install up. Logging in as root:
Problem 1. The kernel loaded was 2.2.13-1mdklinus. This kernel has no
supermount module, so all the fstab supermounts failed in vivid red.
There was no /usr/src/linux-2.2.13 directory, hence no modules
for that kernel.
Problem 2. The /boot/vmlinuz symbolic link pointed to
vmlinuz-2.2.13-1mdklinus, hence problem 1 and 2 above.
Strangely, the module-info symbolic link pointed to module-info-2.2.14-11mdk.
Correcting the /boot/vmlinuz symbolic link to vmlinuz-2.2.14-11mdk, running lilo,
and rebooting (supermount worked this time) gave me an operating KDE system.
Problem 3. Attempting to display the /mnt directory with the KDE file
manager (KFM) hung the entire system indefinitely after showing just the first
icon. The only orderly way out was Ctrl+Alt+F2 then Crtl+Alt+Delete.
Conclusion: Supermount is entirely incompatible with KDE 1.1.2.
Unless Mandrake can engineer a workaround for KDE's KFM either
MandrakeSoft must drop supermount or all users of KDE before their first boot
will have to have somehow replaced the entire /etc/fstab file with a new one
that does not mention supermount.
This is VERY SERIOUS.
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Regards,
Ron. [AU] - sent by Linux.
