Re: RE: Simplest installation on ibook 366, ppc-cooker, floppyless.
If you have devfs=mount in your yaboot, you shouldn't need the links, they're created dynamically. Otherwise, probably a broken MAKEDEV or dev rpm. There was a lot of this occuring during x86 cooker betas. Bingo! I did a fresh-formated-cooker install then I reboot in rescue, change devfs=mount in the yaboot.conf to devfs=nomount, chroot, ybin and... It worked on the next reboot. I'am 100% cooker ! Yé! Thank you So there is effectively a problem with devfs and not the installer. Sounds like you are at least functional then with cooker? Once the remaining packages appear, things should get better. Any idea when ? Days or weeks ? Also, I didn't figure out yet what's wrong with the ADSL stuff but it doesn't work. I just pass by a ssh through my PC. P.
Re: RE: Simplest installation on ibook 366, ppc-cooker, floppyless.
On Thu, 3 Oct 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you have devfs=mount in your yaboot, you shouldn't need the links, they're created dynamically. Otherwise, probably a broken MAKEDEV or dev rpm. There was a lot of this occuring during x86 cooker betas. Bingo! I did a fresh-formated-cooker install then I reboot in rescue, change devfs=mount in the yaboot.conf to devfs=nomount, chroot, ybin and... It worked on the next reboot. I'am 100% cooker ! Yé! Great! I'm not sure why you're seeing the issue with devfs, I was running it until my machine died, and I think vdanen is too, but he's out of town and his machine is off at the moment, so I can't check. Perhaps just not fully up to date packages. Thank you So there is effectively a problem with devfs and not the installer. Sounds like you are at least functional then with cooker? Once the remaining packages appear, things should get better. Any idea when ? Days or weeks ? No idea. Once I find out, I'll spread the word though :) Also, I didn't figure out yet what's wrong with the ADSL stuff but it doesn't work. I just pass by a ssh through my PC. P. I seem to recall x86 having adsl issues also, so you may be inherting the same problem. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc
Re: RE: Simplest installation on ibook 366, ppc-cooker, floppyless.
I think I'm lost on what you're trying to accomplish. Working 8.2 or cooker? As I said, cooker will have issues. I doubt kde or gnome will be fully functional, as a number of the needed files are not present on the mirrors. You should be able to get a functional command line environment though, and probably X with a more basic window manager. Your other alternative is to use the 8.2 update packages available on the club, to get the newer apps. Since a clean cooker install doesn't work for me, I try first to install 8.2 then upgrade. I don't really want a minimal install (I want X to work at least) but I just wanted to report the bug with minimal 8.2 -- It crash in text mode. For the clean cooker install, the problem seems to be in one of the script during the installation. When I reboot, there's no hdaxx inside the /dev/ so it can't be mount. I tried to make a ln -s to the /dev/ide/../partxx but doesn't survive a reboot. Is it a devfs problem ? The only problem to install gnome2 seems to be the sgml-common package. It is not recent enough four the taste of doc-dtd412, so scrollkeeper. So I got a /etc/xml/catalog missing or empty. Icewm-light works well but I'm using fbdev. P.
Re: RE: Simplest installation on ibook 366, ppc-cooker, floppyless.
On Wed, 2 Oct 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think I'm lost on what you're trying to accomplish. Working 8.2 or cooker? As I said, cooker will have issues. I doubt kde or gnome will be fully functional, as a number of the needed files are not present on the mirrors. You should be able to get a functional command line environment though, and probably X with a more basic window manager. Your other alternative is to use the 8.2 update packages available on the club, to get the newer apps. Since a clean cooker install doesn't work for me, I try first to install 8.2 then upgrade. I don't really want a minimal install (I want X to work at least) but I just wanted to report the bug with minimal 8.2 -- It crash in text mode. For the clean cooker install, the problem seems to be in one of the script during the installation. When I reboot, there's no hdaxx inside the /dev/ so it can't be mount. I tried to make a ln -s to the /dev/ide/../partxx but doesn't survive a reboot. Is it a devfs problem ? If you have devfs=mount in your yaboot, you shouldn't need the links, they're created dynamically. Otherwise, probably a broken MAKEDEV or dev rpm. There was a lot of this occuring during x86 cooker betas. What are you using for the installer for your clean cooker? I know for sure that the installer on the mirrors does not reflect where we ended up at the end of 8.2. The only problem to install gnome2 seems to be the sgml-common package. It is not recent enough four the taste of doc-dtd412, so scrollkeeper. So I got a /etc/xml/catalog missing or empty. Icewm-light works well but I'm using fbdev. Sounds like you are at least functional then with cooker? Once the remaining packages appear, things should get better. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc
