[Cooker] Cooker 7.2rc1 installation notes
Well, rsync finally finished over the weekend and I did a 'British' hd install à la Ron Stodden. I congratulate you Cookers for a great installation. A few points follow: 1. I kept getting the "There was an error installing packages:" message for locales-es, ~pl, ja, netscape-polish, ~japanese, ~spanish, etc., none of which I had selected (expert install - workstation). 2. I have a Promise Ultra66 controller which _was_ recognised, but I couldn't boot - I had to use my 7.1 boot floppy to get in and do repairs. It got a little bit further before it hung - reported finding hde, hdg and hdh - then nothing. I had to remove the 'append=" ide3=autotune ide2=autotune"' line from lilo.conf to make it work. I put back in its place 'append=" ide2=0xd800,0xdc02 ide3=0xe000,0xe402'. I used to also have 'optim' on this line. Is that still valid? I'm very impressed with the still rough-around-the-edges KDE. There must be some things it doesn't like though, because I made a terrible mess of it doing a manual upgrade - support, then libs, base, etc. But the Cooker install makes a very good job of it -- -- Peter Ruskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrexham, UK KDE - the professionals' choice --
Re: [Cooker] Cooker 7.2rc1 installation notes
Peter Ruskin wrote: Well, rsync finally finished over the weekend and I did a 'British' hd install à la Ron Stodden. I congratulate you Cookers for a great installation. A few points follow: 1. I kept getting the "There was an error installing packages:" message for locales-es, ~pl, ja, netscape-polish, ~japanese, ~spanish, etc., none of which I had selected (expert install - workstation). Oops! Have I goofed? no_rsync.pl has been developed and only tested with a: customized - install - development install, on the assumed basis that other install type variants should not call for any additional locales. Rather than undertaking a large project to test all the variants of install type (anybody?), I will make what seems to be an install type restriction clearer in the readme.html that comes with the fast downloader. -- Regards, Ron. [AU]
Re: [Cooker] Cooker 7.2rc1 installation notes
On Mon, 09 Oct 2000, Ron Stodden wrote: Peter Ruskin wrote: 1. I kept getting the "There was an error installing packages:" message for locales-es, ~pl, ja, netscape-polish, ~japanese, ~spanish, etc., none of which I had selected (expert install - workstation). Oops! Have I goofed? no_rsync.pl has been developed and only tested with a: customized - install - development install, on the assumed basis that other install type variants should not call for any additional locales. Rather than undertaking a large project to test all the variants of install type (anybody?), I will make what seems to be an install type restriction clearer in the readme.html that comes with the fast downloader. I don't think it was anything to do with your script, Ron. The Cooker installation was looking for files that it had no business looking for. The messages were harmless, though, and didn't affect the installation one bit. Cheers -- -- Peter Ruskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrexham, UK KDE - the professionals' choice --
Re: [Cooker] Cooker 7.2rc1 installation notes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I don't think it was anything to do with your script, Ron. The Cooker installation was looking for files that it had no business looking for. The messages were harmless, though, and didn't affect the installation one bit. Really what needs to happen here, is for the hdlists.cz2 files to be re-generated by Rons rsync scripts. IMHO this will resolve this issue completely, and allow you to do *any* kind of install, as long as it is english. I could be wrong, but IIRC this is the way it should work -- +++ Allen Bolderoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] CTPC - Caffeine - get it here: http://www.coffee-tea-pots-cups.com/ +++ GPG fingerprint = CBB0 8626 702C 3D01 B5AD A54A DC2C 93B7 3E4B 6472 +++
Re: [Cooker] Cooker 7.2rc1 installation notes
Peter Ruskin wrote: 1. I kept getting the "There was an error installing packages:" message for locales-es, ~pl, ja, netscape-polish, ~japanese, ~spanish, etc., none of which I had selected (expert install - workstation). Problem confirmed, but I got 'There was an error ..." messages only for locales-de (just following locales-en), netscape-german and hackkernel-source. Pixel? I don't download hackkernel-source, but probably should for experts. Experts might want to remove the - hackkernel-source-* exclude line from rsync_exclude before doing a no_rsync.pl run. The no_rsync.pl web page readme.html has been altewred to warn those who install expert, and reassure them that is OK to go on after such messages. -- Regards, Ron. [AU]
