Good points...
1. Didn't wipe any partitions this time.
2. Boot floppy disk actually worked - hurray!
3. Good to see nice KDE logo in splash screen.
4. At last I have good fonts with XF4 (not huge any more).
Bad point...
kernel 2.4.1 still not supporting scsi cd-roms (Adaptec 2940UA)
# EXCERPTS FROM report.bug ...
* warning: insmod'ing module imm failed at /usr/bin/perl-install/modules.pm
line 497.
* warning: insmod'ing module ppa failed at /usr/bin/perl-install/modules.pm
line 497.
* calling umount(/tmp/hdimage)
* warning: bad magic number at /usr/bin/perl-install/partition_table_empty.pm
line 31.
* starting step `selectMouse'
* warning: not found (, ) at /usr/bin/perl-install/mouse.pm line 141.
* reading /mnt/dev/mouse symlink failed
* errorOpeningFile locales-en-2.3.1-6mdk.noarch.rpm
* bad package locales-en-2.3.1-6mdk.noarch # Not present
* bad package locales-fr-2.3.1-6mdk.noarch # Not present
* bad package locales-de-2.3.1-6mdk.noarch # Not present
* bad package sawfish-0.37.2-1mdk.i586 # Installed OK after reboot
* bad package libsmpeg0.4-0.4.2-2mdk.i586 # Installed OK after reboot
* bad package menudrake-0.4-1mdk.i586 # Installed OK after reboot
* errorOpeningFile howto-html-en-7.1-5mdk.noarch.rpm
* bad package howto-html-en-7.1-5mdk.noarch # Not present
* bad package pingus-0.4.0-11mdk.i586 # Installed OK after reboot
* errorOpeningFile ispell-en-3.1.20-15mdk.i586.rpm
* bad package ispell-en-3.1.20-15mdk.i586 # Not present
Couldn't find used secure level,
- Cleaning msec appended line in /etc/ld.so.preload : Can't open
/etc/ld.so.preload: No such file or directory.
sgml-common-0.2-3mdk.noarch.rpm Installation CD
Warning: /usr/share/sgml//sgml-iso-entities-8879.1986/catalog was not found
in the centralized catalog /etc/sgml/sgml-docbook-3.1.cat
urpmi-1.5-4mdk.i586.rpm Installation CD
execution of urpmi-1.5-4mdk script failed, exit status 1 # Installed OK after
reboot
kernel22-2.2.18-13mdk.i586.rpm Installation CD
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.18-13mdk/scsi/a100u2w.o
smalltalk-1.95.1-1mdk.i586.rpm Installation CD
var/tmp/rpm-tmp.99201: the: command not found
var/tmp/rpm-tmp.99201: the: command not found
execution of smalltalk-1.95.1-1mdk script failed, exit status 127
** WARNING **: Property 'name' has no value
ispell-en-3.1.20-15mdk.i586.rpm Installation CD
# POST INSTALLATION
# No cdrom with kernel 2.4.1-16mdk - OK with 2.2.18
[00:47 root@penguin:/etc]# mount /mnt/cdrom
mount: /dev/cdrom: unknown device
[00:45 root@penguin:/etc]# mount /mnt/cdrom2
mount: /dev/cdrom2: unknown device
[00:47 root@penguin:/etc]# mount /mnt/cdrom3
mount: /dev/cdrom3: unknown device
# sooo ...
[01:12 root@penguin:/etc]# modprobe ppa
/lib/modules/2.4.1-16mdk/kernel/drivers/scsi/ppa.o: init_module: No such
device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including
invalid IO or IRQ parameters
/lib/modules/2.4.1-16mdk/kernel/drivers/scsi/ppa.o: insmod
/lib/modules/2.4.1-16mdk/kernel/drivers/scsi/ppa.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.1-16mdk/kernel/drivers/scsi/ppa.o: insmod ppa failed
Oh yes, nearly forgot - DrakConf is useless. The individual apps work OK,
but if you select one (HardDrake) from DrakConf, give password and wait,
it eventually appears but goes away again when you mouse-click on it.
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Peter Ruskin, Wrexham, UK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Linux 2.4.1-16mdk, Uptime 1 hour 48 minutes
