-----Forwarded Message----- > From: Analabha Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Kenneth Koym <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Siglinux] Remastering Fedora Install CD > Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 16:42:01 -0600 > > On Fri, 2004-11-26 at 16:29, Kenneth Koym wrote: > > > Hi Roy, as you consider FD, try the FD Core 2 just out. saw it reviewed > > on laptops & PCs in techsoup.org review today. a 12-yr linux vet > > compares Fedora 3.2 v. Suse 9.2 where he does this as a 60 gig partition > > in a 70 gig hd. This fellow smiled about doing the gnome set up in > > minutes using a free download and turning out with a commendable shining > > sys that he compared to win XP; on Suse he complained of few KDE "parts" > > being available for Suse 9.2 like you do about 9.1 but he mentioned on > > source for 9.2; but overall this guy who is pushing to be a CTI (I'd > > guess at norvell) fosters both FD 3.2 and Suse 9.2 beta as a least > > costly alternative to win xp. > > kk\ > > > > > > That's all well and good, but does it have the atp driver for my Siig > Ap-20 SCSI controller? The version of FC that I tried some months ago > didn't, though Mandrake 9.2 & later mdk 10.0 both had it in their > kernel module tree. I do not wish to spend huge bandwidths downloading > the iso's from the torrent for like 2 hours & then find out that the > boot cd can't detect my HD controller. Like I said, it may be > necessary to remaster my hard drive in by applying a patch into the > source tree and recompiling the kernel. I will need the source tree > specific to the kernel that the cd boots off of and then build my own > iso with my compiled kernel in it I guess... > > Question is, is it worthwhile (since I already have mdk installed & > working like a charm)? > > I had also tried out Debian out on another partition, but that was an > unmitigated disaster. The bloody installer detected my HD, but > couldn't do my ethernet card, my graphics card, or my cd burner. I > went to mandrake, looked up the running drivers and tred to modprobe > the same ones in Debian. The result: > > Bullshit error, > Hint: insmod errors are caused by incorrect module parameters, check > dmesg blablayadayada. > > The params were correct as they were in "/etc/modprobe.conf" & > "/proc/whatever/" in my Mandrake and working perfectly. > > So far, Mandrake scores 10, Fedora & Debian score 2 in my machine! > Thinking that it may be best to install debian by hd-installing > knoppix. At least that works well... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Analabha Roy wrote: > > > > >Hi, > > > > > > > > >I've been running linux mdk 10.0 and would like to try Fedora Core on > > >another partition. The problem is that the anaconda thingie in the > > >Fedora Core Install boot cd > > >couldn't detect my SCSI controller & attached HDD (probably did not have > > >the driver for it or something). Since the driver is there in my mdk > > >installation, I was thinking if it's possible to remaster it into the > > >iso image of the Fedora core cd, reburn it and try to install from > > >there, will this solve the problem you think? where should I put the > > >driver in the iso image? The path to the driver in my running Mandrake > > >is: > > > > > >/lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/kernel/drivers/scsi/atp870u.ko.gz > > > > > >And the sys path is > > > > > >/sys/bus/pci/drivers/atp870u > > >/sys/bus/pci/drivers/atp870u/0000:01:00.0 > > > > > >Do let me know what 2 do! > > > > > >________________________________________________________________________ > > >Analabha Roy Graduate Student > > >Department Of Physics, University of Texas, 1 University Station C1600, > > >Austin, Texas 78712-0264, United States emails: > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED], Home Page: http://www.ph.utexas.edu/~daneel > > > > > >Get Firefox! > > > > > >________________________________________________________________________ > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Siglinux mailing list > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >http://machito.utacm.org/mailman/listinfo/siglinux > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Analabha Roy Graduate Student > > Department Of Physics, University of Texas, 1 University Station > C1600, Austin, Texas 78712-0264, United States emails: > [EMAIL PROTECTED], Home Page: > http://www.ph.utexas.edu/~daneel > > > > Get Firefox! > > > > ______________________________________________________________________
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