G'day Suggestion: Try installing the OLPC_XS_LATEST and see what happens. If the installation goes through smoothly then install a GUI of your liking on top of it.
On Feb 3, 2008 6:02 AM, Brad Paulsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Aaron Konstam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <devel@lists.laptop.org> > Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 3:25 PM > Subject: Re: Setting up Fedora 7 on a ex-Windows machine (Ottawa) > > > > On Sat, 2008-02-02 at 10:39 -0800, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: > >> James wrote: > >> > Hello OLPC people! > >> > > >> > I am working on a Snakes and Ladders game for the XO, to help young > >> > children learn to count. You can find my first draft of the game > >> > here: <http://olpc-dev.fuelindustries.com/snakes_080116.zip>. > >> > > >> > > >> > I'm looking for help in getting Fedora 7 to run on a Sony Vaio PCG- > >> > GRT796HP laptop that used to run Windows. It's a Pentium 4, running > >> > at 2.67 GHz, with 512 MB of RAM. I've spent several hours trying > >> > various approaches and distributions, without success. > >> > > >> > This is my first excursion into Linux territory, and I'm still > finding > >> > my feet with Python. I'm more at ease with development on Macintosh, > >> > and have only scraped the surface of using the Terminal. Please > don't > >> > hesitate to spoonfeed me in all things Linux and Python. > >> > > >> > What I can do > >> > ------------- > >> > I'd almost given up hope of getting the Vaio to run Fedora when I > >> > tried using the XO LiveCD from <http://dev.laptop.org/pub/ > >> > livebackupcd>. This worked perfectly, which encourages me to believe > >> > that the issue is not with the machine but with what I am doing to > it. > >> > > >> > Where I get stuck > >> > ----------------- > >> > I've downloaded the F-7-i386-DVD.iso file from > >> > <http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/torrents//Fedora-7-i386.torrent > >> > >, and burnt it to a DVD-ROM. The initial menu screen appears. If I > >> > choose the default (graphic) installation, eventually the screen > >> > starts to display vibrant pulsing graphics which I do not believe are > >> > intended. If I choose the text mode for installation, and step > >> > through the various screens, I eventually run into a bug in the > >> > installer script. > >> > > >> > Rodney Smith entered a description of the bug into the RedHat bugbase > >> > on 2007-07-08, but there seems to have been no movement on it since > >> > then. This leads me to believe that there must be an obvious > >> > workaround, so others have just side-stepped the bug and moved on. > >> > > >> > The original bug report was marked as NEEDINFO, so I supplied that > >> > info on 2008-01-21. You can read the complete report here: > >> > > >> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=247399 > > First I assuume that you did a sucessfule media check. > >> > > >> > What I'm hoping to do > >> > --------------------- > >> > My aim is to install a version of Linux as close to the XO version as > >> > possible. This will make it easier for me to get into the correct > >> > mindset and best practices for developing for the XO. I'm not > married > >> > to the idea of getting Fedora 7 to run if the line of least > resistance > >> > is to install something similar. > >> > > >> > In his bug report, Rodney Smith notes that "System previously had fc5 > >> > that was installed using a dvd and the graphical interface without a > >> > hitch and that ran fine." > >> > > >> > I've looked for a downloadable version of Fedora Core 5 or 6 for a > x86 > >> > machine, but all the links that I have found end up at the Get Fedora > >> > page, which now limits itself to downloads of Fedora 7 and 8 > >> > <http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora > >> > >. > >> > > >> > I get a similar bug when I try installing Fedora 8. I've also tried > >> > installing Ubuntu 6, but run into the > graphic-interface-shows-vibrant- > >> > pulsing-graphics issue. > >> > > > >> > If it hadn't been for XO-LiveCD_080130.iso performing perfectly on > the > >> > machine, I'd have written off my Sony Vaio as being incompatible with > >> > Linux. > >> > > >> > > >> > If anyone can help me get some version of Linux installed on the > >> > machine, I'd be most grateful. If there are any Python developers on > >> > this list in the Ottawa area, I'd be interested to hear from them > too. > >> > > >> > Thanks in advance, > >> > > >> > James > > Second, I hope you did not do what the bug poster did, that is , allow > > the machine to set up a default partitioning. > > If you understand how fdisk works, at the point that patitioning is > > asked for, type ctl-alt-F2 which willget you to a termineal then > > remove all partitioning at partition from scratch. Have a swap partition > > = to 1 of 2x Ram size and the rest make into /. > > Then type ctl-alt-f7 to tqake you back to anaconda and continue. > > This is in tex installation. You cna then use the gui partitioning tool > > to make any final editing of the partitions. > > > > It may still fail to install but you have started out without mysterious > > partitioning problems which should help. > > -- > > ======================================================================= > > Darth Vader! Only you would be so bold! -- Princess Leia Organa > > ======================================================================= > > Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Devel mailing list > > Devel@lists.laptop.org > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > > James, > > Have you tried installing from the LiveCD? > > I have Sugar running just fine (jhbuild) in a dual-boot configuration on a > 5-year-old HP Pavilion running XP Pro (SP2) and a 9 month old Toshiba > laptop > running Windows Vista. I installed from the Fedora 8 LiveCD distro in > both > cases. GRUB handles the dual-boot on the Toshiba while Acronis Disk > Director handles dual boot on the HP (I couldn't get GRUB to work on the > XP > machine). Installing single-boot on a clean machine should go much > easier. > > Setup from the LiveCD is started by double-clicking an icon on the GNMOE > desktop. I believe the icon's label is "Install Fedora from LiveCD." The > partitioning is performed during setup. You will need an "empty" > partition > which you will select during setup (parted is run from a GUI shell by the > startup program). Be sure to select the option (when presented) that says > to remove any previous Linux distros from your machine. I have not had > any > problems running Sugar (to date anyhow) on either setup and I let the > setup > program do the default formatting in both cases. > > What follows is for people who might want to install Fedora (or Linux in > general) in a dual-boot configuration on a machine with an existing > Windows > XP or Vista installation. James, you can probably ignore what follows. > > BEFORE installing Linux, I had to create a blank partition on each > machine's > Windows system drive (drive 0, usually labeled C:). This was no easy task > given that I didn't want to remove the Windows OS or files (data or > program) > from either machine. The only program I could find that would allow me to > add a partition to a drive by resizing an existing partition, without > loosing any data on that drive, was Acronis Disk Director. Neither > fdisk/diskpart on Windows nor parted on Linux would do this (at least I > couldn't get them to do it -- and believe me, I tried 'cause Acronis Disk > Director is a $50 program I knew I would probably only use once). Both > diskpart and parted claim you can use them to resize partitions. But, > this > is (as far as I could determine) only true if you're willing to > potentially > loose everything in the partition you are resizing. I couldn't do that. > Acronis's product really lets you resize a partition (even an active or > boot/system partition) without loosing the partition's current contents > (or > your ability to boot the machine under Windows). > > You can buy Acronis Disk Director here: > http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/. Don't bother > downloading the demo version. It's completely crippled and, if you decide > to buy, you will have to download the non-demo version (it's not just a > matter of entering a registration code into the demo version). Also, if > you > decide to buy, before checking out of their e-commerce page, open another > browser window and Google "Acronis coupons" (without the quotes). Their > e-commerce purchase form contains a field to enter a coupon code, so it > stands to reason there are coupons somewhere on the 'Net. Google will > find > them for you. Some will be for other Acronis products, some will have > expired but, eventually (10 minutes or so), you will find a "keeper." I > saved $7 with this tactic. If you buy on-line (i.e., download the > installer), make SURE to create the Disk Director "rescue" CD before using > it on your system. > > 1. Before creating the new partition, run Windows Disk Cleanup (or > your > favorite cleanup utility) on the target disk and reboot. Then backup > anything you can't afford to loose forever from the target drive. I > didn't > need the backup I made, but you might. If you have a lot of data, this > can > be a big pain. But, what's even a bigger pain, is loosing data and > programs > or the ability to run your existing OS (which usually means loosing ALL of > your data and programs). In my case, this amounted to having to find > about > 50 GB of free space somewhere. Fortunately, I had enough on a 120GB > Seagate > USB external hard disk (and a backup program from the disk manufacturer > that > compressed the files being backed up). > > 2. Defragment the target disk drive. There is a great free program > that will run with less than 15% of the disk free (something Windows Disk > Defragment utility will not do) and is at least 10 times faster than the > Windows utility. It's called Auslogics Disk Defrag. It's free (really: > no > adware, no spyware, no nag dialogs) and you can download it here: > http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag. Do this at least twice or until the > fragmented percentage remaining doesn't change much as the result of the > last run (you can never get to 100% defragmentation on either FAT or > NTFS). > > The goal of Steps 1 and 2 is to free as much Windows file system space as > possible and move it physically closer to the "front" of the existing > partition (defragmenters almost always do this and Auslogic's program is > no > different). This allows you to create your new partition in available > space > following the partition being resized. > > 3. Size your partition to be about 98% of the total amount available > after Steps 1 and 2. You don't have to label it or format it. Linux will > do that. You will need to reboot Windows and it will probably holler like > a > stuck pig. Ignore this and let the regular reboot go forward. You may > have > to reboot more than once to get up and running back in Windows. This is > the > operating system coming to terms with the new disk partition > configuration. > You will very likely loose ALL of your System Restore points so make sure > you are doing this from a "stable" Windows system configuration. > > Disclaimer: I do not work for either Acronis or Auslogics. Nor am I a > member in either company's affiliate sales program. In fact, the only > relationship I have with either company is that of a satisfied > customer/user. > > Good luck! > > Cheers, > > Brad > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel >
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