Another stellar release from the Fedora project

Peter Connolly psconnolly at gmail.com
Sat Jun 2 01:56:54 UTC 2007


My my my.  You're a nasty little package.  May I suggest the Gentoo
distro for you?  Boo-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!


On 6/1/07, Roo <oscosc at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:36:52 -0600, Phil Meyer wrote:
>
> > Roo wrote:
> >> Working FC6 installation... I use upgrade DVD
> >>
> >> 1. Complains that my dos partition can't be mounted. Ignore it.
> >>
> >> 2. Complains that it cannot find swap space... offers to reboot.
> >> Reboot... same problem. I remove any reference to swap in /etc/fstab...
> >> and it seems to work after rebooting
> >>
> > HUGE red flag here.  Your fstab is invalid and you wish to continue?? This
> > is madness.  You will surely need to do a wipe and install.
>
> My fstab is NOT invalid. You did read the bit about it being perfectly
> functional on FC6? Clearly not.
>
> >> 3. now Anaconda gives an exception while cataloguing the packages.
> >> Classy... really professional that one. So  I remove blank lines from
> >> /etc/modules.conf... reboot... works.
> >>
> > Memory Memory Memory -- Did you read the release notes?  Do you have 512MB
> > to do a graphic install?
>
> Yes, I have 1.5Gb.
>
> > No?  Well then ...
>
> Then what? Then avoid the distro that idiotically ships a kernel that
> breaks fstabs? If so, I quite agree.
>
> >> 4. Now it finally gets to installing packages stage... but stops after
> >> the first 8 or so have been installed. It doesn't lock the machine,
> >> anaconda just stops. Reboot... and after sitting through 10 minute
> >> cataloguing packages prep again, it carries on installing packages, for
> >> another 8 (or so) packages and then stops. There are 800+ packages to
> >> install... you do the maths.
> >>
> > Memory Memory Memory -- Did you read the release notes?
>
> Yes...
>
> > Do you have 512MB to do a graphic install?  No?  Well then ...
>
> Question asked... question answered. Do you have anything useful to say, I
> mean other than low grade excuses for developer idiocy?
>
> > Both of those symptoms are well known and well documented.
>
> No they are not.
>
> > Please do not attempt a graphical upgrade on a system that is currently
> > broken (demonstrated by a bas fstab).
> >
> > Please do not attempt a graphical install on a system with less than
> > 512MB RAM.
>
> > Please at least glance at the release notes before installing.
>
> Please try reading posts before you start lecturing on subjects you know
> little about.
>
>
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