Alpha Core 4 Cancelled

[Oliver Falk]

Online:
http://buildsys.zero42.at/broken_test_iso.html

Linked from http://buildsys.zero42.at/ of course. :-)

-of

On 12/03/2007 09:42 PM, Jay Estabrook wrote:
> Oliver Falk wrote:
>> Jay will provide me with a list of TODOs to get a working system from
>> the currently broken anaconda; Jay would you please be so kind? I can
>> then put it on http://buildsys.zero42.at.
> 
> OK, here goes:
> 
> Booting and start of install works fine, but use TEXT mode only.
> 
> Take the defaults for packages to be installed, and 1 CD is enough.
> 
> MUST USE pre-initialized partitions for SWAP and EXT3 to be installed
> to!!! The auto-partitioner is broken, and the normal partitioner will
> crash if the partitions aren't already initialized.
> 
> Then, after the install:
> 
> 1. no INITRD arg in the /etc/aboot.conf line (file is there, just not
>    mentioned)
> 2. /etc/aboot.conf line needs "selinux=off" or hangs during boot
> 3. no appropriate driver loaded for Xorg
> 4. /etc/X11/xorg.conf is somewhat incomplete (no monitor section, and
>     device is setup for VESA (IIRC< that doesn't work on Alpha).
> 
> As noted before, 1. and 2. need to be manually typed in during reboot
> after the install finishes. And 3. can be done by setting up "yum.conf"
> and pulling the appropriate driver. Then 4. needs doing manually.
> 
> Oh, and there's no MILO kernel (yet) for "those" machines... :-\
> 
> So, with a little manual dexterity, one CAN get the test ISO to install
> enough of a system to bring up the network and install via "yum"
> anything else desired that's on the repository (7000+ RPMS!!! :-)
> 
> That's about it.
> 
>  --Jay++
> 
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Oliver Falk
UNIX/Linux Systems Engineer
Mail: oliver at linux-kernel.at
Phone: +43 (664) 838 59 25