1:22 a.m.
I got the ISO images for FCT3 and installed it on two machines....
The laptop install went "OK", but the update utility doesn't work, it hangs
during checking dependencies etc.
The desktop install fails miserably.... choking big time with rpmdb fatal errors during
the package install.
Question is... are there newer ISO images I can d/l and try again?
Thanks,
Don
1:49 a.m.
On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 23:22, Don Russell wrote:
I got the ISO images for FCT3 and installed it on two machines....
The laptop install went "OK", but the update utility doesn't work, it
hangs during checking dependencies etc.
The desktop install fails miserably.... choking big time with rpmdb
fatal errors during the package install.
Question is... are there newer ISO images I can d/l and try again?
No, just go get the newest up2date and up2date-gnome packages from
rawhide. You may be able to update those packages if you do them ONLY,
before anything else. If not, get them ftp and install manually. After
that you should be able to update the rest (known bug).
Thanks,
Don
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5:11 p.m.
Andrew,
Thanks for the tips....
I got the new up2date and up2date-gnome packages installed....
Then I tried to get the rest of the packages...
Once again it just hangs completely during the dependency check.
I was able to get some of the packages individually, or in small groups ....
I got all the XFree86 packages in one go, and that sort of thing.
Over all, the process of getting the updates was excruciatingly painful,
going through many, many iterations of running up2date... waiting an age for
the list of package headers, waiting an age for the dependency checks, the
actual downloads were very quick and the installs were OK....
Except, for every package it downloaded it said "Package already
downloaded", but the progress bar continued, and I could "see" traffic
being
downloaded by the lights on my LAN switch
It hung when I tried to get the cpp package by itself....
I got the rhgb package installed...
I did get the new kernel updates and after that decided I should reboot the
machine then get the rest of the packages....
When I rebooted, graphical boot up did not work (it worked prior to any
updates)
kudzu recognized new hardware (which there wasn't any really, but I guess it
was new to it... the touch pad on my laptop) after which my USB mouse
stopped working.
Now when I try to use up2date, I eventually get the list of available
packages, but I can't get any of them.... it just hangs after I select any
one of them and press "forward"....
I think at this point I'll just wait until Monday Nov 3 for new ISO's and
I'll try again from scratch, then I'll just enter new bugs....
I look forward to seeing how the GA release installs on my IBM desktop....
FCT3 dies a miserable death on that machine now.... yes, I reported the bug
and provided logs etc etc, the proverbial "nothing unusual there, that
shouldn't happen" oh well, that's why it's called BETA code... :-)
"See" you next week. :-)
Cheers,
Don
-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-test-list-admin(a)redhat.com
[mailto:fedora-test-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Andrew Farris
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 11:50 PM
To: fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com
Subject: Re: Updated ISO images?
On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 23:22, Don Russell wrote:
> I got the ISO images for FCT3 and installed it on two machines....
>
> The laptop install went "OK", but the update utility doesn't work, it
> hangs during checking dependencies etc.
>
> The desktop install fails miserably.... choking big time with rpmdb
> fatal errors during the package install.
>
> Question is... are there newer ISO images I can d/l and try again?
No, just go get the newest up2date and up2date-gnome packages from
rawhide. You may be able to update those packages if you do them ONLY,
before anything else. If not, get them ftp and install manually. After
that you should be able to update the rest (known bug).
> Thanks,
> Don
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9:56 a.m.
On Oct 27, 2003, at 11:22 PM, Don Russell wrote:
I got the ISO images for FCT3 and installed it on two machines....
The laptop install went "OK", but the update utility doesn't work, it
hangs during checking dependencies etc.
The desktop install fails miserably.... choking big time with rpmdb
fatal errors during the package install.
Question is... are there newer ISO images I can d/l and try again?
Thanks,
Don
Don-
That would probably be the most reported bug of FCT3... There is an
anaconda update that you can download at
<http://people.redhat.com/~katzj/severn-t3-updates.img>;. Create a
floppy from the image file, boot to the installation CD, put the floppy
in, and then type "linux updates" (might be "linux update") It
should
update anacona on the fly and fix the problem. If it does not, please
reflect your experiences at
<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=106965>
-Sean
GPG public key: <http://homepage.mac.com/smearp/seanpgp.asc>
6:16 p.m.
OK... I'll try that.... I downloaded the mg file, but now how do I create a
floppy disk from it? I thought I used a program called rawwrite or something
like that, but that's not recognized on m Win 2000 system...
Thanks,
Don
-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-test-list-admin(a)redhat.com
[mailto:fedora-test-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Sean Earp
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 7:57 AM
To: fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com
Subject: Re: Updated ISO images?
On Oct 27, 2003, at 11:22 PM, Don Russell wrote:
I got the ISO images for FCT3 and installed it on two machines....
The laptop install went "OK", but the update utility doesn't work, it
hangs during checking dependencies etc.
The desktop install fails miserably.... choking big time with rpmdb
fatal errors during the package install.
Question is... are there newer ISO images I can d/l and try again?
Thanks,
Don
Don-
That would probably be the most reported bug of FCT3... There is an
anaconda update that you can download at
<http://people.redhat.com/~katzj/severn-t3-updates.img>;. Create a floppy
from the image file, boot to the installation CD, put the floppy in, and
then type "linux updates" (might be "linux update") It should update
anacona
on the fly and fix the problem. If it does not, please reflect your
experiences at <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=106965>
-Sean
GPG public key: <http://homepage.mac.com/smearp/seanpgp.asc>
10:28 a.m.
Well, shortly after sending that note, I found rawritewin and created the
floppy disk.
I tried to send this note from the fully-updated FCT3 system on my laptop
using Evolution 1.4 .... but it seems it can't send mail. When sending, I
get an error back about From unknown or something like that.
Don
-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-test-list-admin(a)redhat.com
[mailto:fedora-test-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Don
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 4:17 PM
To: fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com
Subject: RE: Updated ISO images?
OK... I'll try that.... I downloaded the mg file, but now how do I create
a floppy disk from it? I thought I used a program called rawwrite or
something like that, but that's not recognized on m Win 2000 system...
Thanks,
Don
-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-test-list-admin(a)redhat.com
[mailto:fedora-test-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Sean Earp
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 7:57 AM
To: fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com
Subject: Re: Updated ISO images?
On Oct 27, 2003, at 11:22 PM, Don Russell wrote:
I got the ISO images for FCT3 and installed it on two machines....
The laptop install went "OK", but the update utility doesn't work, it
hangs during checking dependencies etc.
The desktop install fails miserably.... choking big time with rpmdb
fatal errors during the package install.
Question is... are there newer ISO images I can d/l and try again?
Thanks,
Don
Don-
That would probably be the most reported bug of FCT3... There is an
anaconda update that you can download at
<http://people.redhat.com/~katzj/severn-t3-updates.img>;. Create a floppy
from the image file, boot to the installation CD, put the floppy in, and
then type "linux updates" (might be "linux update") It should update
anacona
on the fly and fix the problem. If it does not, please reflect your
experiences at <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=106965>
-Sean
GPG public key: <http://homepage.mac.com/smearp/seanpgp.asc>
1:09 p.m.
Hi Don,
This maybe a glibc error. Edit your /etc/hosts and take out whitespaces,
blank lines, etc. to fix this bug.
To test if its a glibc error run this "CAMEL_VERBOSE_DEBUG=1 evolution
&> mylog.txt"
look at mylog.txt to see if there is ELO, instead of the normal POP
response
Paul
On Fri, 2003-10-31 at 11:28, Don wrote:
Well, shortly after sending that note, I found rawritewin and
created
the floppy disk.
I tried to send this note from the fully-updated FCT3 system on my
laptop using Evolution 1.4 .... but it seems it can't send mail. When
sending, I get an error back about From unknown or something like
that.
Don
-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-test-list-admin(a)redhat.com
[mailto:fedora-test-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Don
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 4:17 PM
To: fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com
Subject: RE: Updated ISO images?
OK... I'll try that.... I downloaded the mg file, but now how
do I create a floppy disk from it? I thought I used a program
called rawwrite or something like that, but that's not
recognized on m Win 2000 system...
Thanks,
Don
-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-test-list-admin(a)redhat.com
[mailto:fedora-test-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of
Sean Earp
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 7:57 AM
To: fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com
Subject: Re: Updated ISO images?
On Oct 27, 2003, at 11:22 PM, Don Russell wrote:
I got the ISO images for FCT3 and installed it
on two machines....
The laptop install went "OK", but the update
utility doesn't work, it hangs during checking
dependencies etc.
The desktop install fails miserably....
choking big time with rpmdb fatal errors
during the package install.
Question is... are there newer ISO images I
can d/l and try again?
Thanks,
Don
Don-
That would probably be the most reported bug of
FCT3... There is an anaconda update that you can
download at
<http://people.redhat.com/~katzj/severn-t3-updates.img>;. Create a
floppy from the image file, boot to the installation CD, put the floppy in, and then type
"linux updates" (might be "linux update") It should update anacona on
the fly and fix the problem. If it does not, please reflect your experiences at
<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=106965>
-Sean
GPG public key:
<http://homepage.mac.com/smearp/seanpgp.asc>
3:26 p.m.
Paul,
That was a very amusing exercise.... :-)
Here's the results of the "mylog.txt" file....
sending EHLO [10.10.10.14]^M
received 502
sending MAIL FROM: <dnrlinux(a)san.rr.com>^M
received 503 5.0.0 Polite people say HELO first
sending QUIT
OK, fine.... obviously my ISP SMTP server doesn't like EHLO and wants to see
HELO.
So, why does evolution report back?
Error while performing operation:
MAIL FROM response error: unknown
What's the purpose of an error message? To allow somebody to diagnose a
problem.
So how about something like:
Error while sending mail:
EHLO response error: 502
MAIL FROM response error: 503 5.0.0 Polite people say HELO first
The next question is, since EHLO failed, evolution should do one of two
things:
- try HELO
- or stop there... an error of 502 means there's not much point in
continuing.
Then my little test message remains in the outbox... I deleted it by
selecting it and pressing the delete key.
The item count in the outbox is now 2 (from my original message as well,
also deleted) and when I close evolution it warns me that I have unsent
items in the outbox.... there're problems in the delete code when removing
items from the outbox.
Don
-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-test-list-admin(a)redhat.com
[mailto:fedora-test-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Paul Kline
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 11:09 AM
To: fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com
Subject: RE: Updated ISO images?
Hi Don,
This maybe a glibc error. Edit your /etc/hosts and take out whitespaces,
blank lines, etc. to fix this bug.
To test if its a glibc error run this "CAMEL_VERBOSE_DEBUG=1 evolution
&> mylog.txt"
look at mylog.txt to see if there is ELO, instead of the normal POP
response
Paul
On Fri, 2003-10-31 at 11:28, Don wrote:
> Well, shortly after sending that note, I found rawritewin and created
> the floppy disk.
>
> I tried to send this note from the fully-updated FCT3 system on my
> laptop using Evolution 1.4 .... but it seems it can't send mail. When
> sending, I get an error back about From unknown or something like
> that.
>
>
> Don
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-test-list-admin(a)redhat.com
> [mailto:fedora-test-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Don
> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 4:17 PM
> To: fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com
> Subject: RE: Updated ISO images?
>
>
> OK... I'll try that.... I downloaded the mg file, but now how
> do I create a floppy disk from it? I thought I used a program
> called rawwrite or something like that, but that's not
> recognized on m Win 2000 system...
>
> Thanks,
> Don
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-test-list-admin(a)redhat.com
> [mailto:fedora-test-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of
> Sean Earp
> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 7:57 AM
> To: fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com
> Subject: Re: Updated ISO images?
>
>
> On Oct 27, 2003, at 11:22 PM, Don Russell wrote:
>
> I got the ISO images for FCT3 and installed it
> on two machines....
>
> The laptop install went "OK", but the update
> utility doesn't work, it hangs during checking
> dependencies etc.
>
> The desktop install fails miserably....
> choking big time with rpmdb fatal errors
> during the package install.
>
> Question is... are there newer ISO images I
> can d/l and try again?
>
> Thanks,
> Don
>
> Don-
>
> That would probably be the most reported bug of
> FCT3... There is an anaconda update that you can
> download at
>
<http://people.redhat.com/~katzj/severn-t3-updates.img>;. Create a
floppy from the image file, boot to the installation CD, put the
floppy in, and then type "linux updates" (might be "linux
update") It should update anacona on the fly and fix the problem.
If it does not, please reflect your experiences at
<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=106965>
>
> -Sean
>
> GPG public key:
> <http://homepage.mac.com/smearp/seanpgp.asc>
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3:39 p.m.
On Fri, 2003-10-31 at 16:26, Don wrote:
Paul,
That was a very amusing exercise.... :-)
Here's the results of the "mylog.txt" file....
sending EHLO [10.10.10.14]^M
received 502
sending MAIL FROM: <dnrlinux(a)san.rr.com>^M
received 503 5.0.0 Polite people say HELO first
sending QUIT
OK, fine.... obviously my ISP SMTP server doesn't like EHLO and wants to see
HELO.
So, why does evolution report back?
Error while performing operation:
MAIL FROM response error: unknown
What's the purpose of an error message? To allow somebody to diagnose a
problem.
So how about something like:
Error while sending mail:
EHLO response error: 502
MAIL FROM response error: 503 5.0.0 Polite people say HELO first
The next question is, since EHLO failed, evolution should do one of two
things:
- try HELO
- or stop there... an error of 502 means there's not much point in
continuing.
Then my little test message remains in the outbox... I deleted it by
selecting it and pressing the delete key.
The item count in the outbox is now 2 (from my original message as well,
also deleted) and when I close evolution it warns me that I have unsent
items in the outbox.... there're problems in the delete code when removing
items from the outbox.
Don
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-test-list-admin(a)redhat.com
> [mailto:fedora-test-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Paul Kline
> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 11:09 AM
> To: fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com
> Subject: RE: Updated ISO images?
>
>
> Hi Don,
>
> This maybe a glibc error. Edit your /etc/hosts and take out whitespaces,
> blank lines, etc. to fix this bug.
>
> To test if its a glibc error run this "CAMEL_VERBOSE_DEBUG=1 evolution
> &> mylog.txt"
>
> look at mylog.txt to see if there is ELO, instead of the normal POP
> response
>
> Paul
Don,
do this
1) edit your /etc/hosts and clean out the whitespaces and blanklines. If
that does not work. delete the comments.
HTH,
Paul
5:33 p.m.
Paul,
Same result after I removed all white space from the /etc/hosts file.
Also, same result after I deleted the comments from the /etc/hosts file.
rpm-q evolution shows version 1.4.5-7
Bugzilla time?
Don
-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-test-list-admin(a)redhat.com
[mailto:fedora-test-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Paul Kline
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 1:39 PM
To: fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com
Subject: RE: Updated ISO images?
On Fri, 2003-10-31 at 16:26, Don wrote:
> Paul,
> That was a very amusing exercise.... :-)
>
> Here's the results of the "mylog.txt" file....
>
> sending EHLO [10.10.10.14]^M
> received 502
> sending MAIL FROM: <dnrlinux(a)san.rr.com>^M
> received 503 5.0.0 Polite people say HELO first
> sending QUIT
>
> OK, fine.... obviously my ISP SMTP server doesn't like EHLO and
wants to see
> HELO.
>
> So, why does evolution report back?
> Error while performing operation:
> MAIL FROM response error: unknown
>
> What's the purpose of an error message? To allow somebody to diagnose a
> problem.
> So how about something like:
> Error while sending mail:
> EHLO response error: 502
> MAIL FROM response error: 503 5.0.0 Polite people say HELO first
>
> The next question is, since EHLO failed, evolution should do one of two
> things:
> - try HELO
> - or stop there... an error of 502 means there's not much point in
> continuing.
>
> Then my little test message remains in the outbox... I deleted it by
> selecting it and pressing the delete key.
> The item count in the outbox is now 2 (from my original message as well,
> also deleted) and when I close evolution it warns me that I have unsent
> items in the outbox.... there're problems in the delete code
when removing
> items from the outbox.
>
> Don
>
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: fedora-test-list-admin(a)redhat.com
> > [mailto:fedora-test-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Paul Kline
> > Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 11:09 AM
> > To: fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com
> > Subject: RE: Updated ISO images?
> >
> >
> > Hi Don,
> >
> > This maybe a glibc error. Edit your /etc/hosts and take out
whitespaces,
> > blank lines, etc. to fix this bug.
> >
> > To test if its a glibc error run this "CAMEL_VERBOSE_DEBUG=1 evolution
> > &> mylog.txt"
> >
> > look at mylog.txt to see if there is ELO, instead of the normal POP
> > response
> >
> > Paul
Don,
do this
1) edit your /etc/hosts and clean out the whitespaces and blanklines. If
that does not work. delete the comments.
HTH,
Paul
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6:31 p.m.
Hi Don,
This is the relevant bug information on www.ximian.com
Hopefully this will fix your problem. I ran into this problem myself on
a few desktops ;)
http://support.ximian.com/cgi-bin/ximian.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_si...
HTH,
Paul
On Fri, 2003-10-31 at 18:33, Don wrote:
Paul,
Same result after I removed all white space from the /etc/hosts file.
Also, same result after I deleted the comments from the /etc/hosts file.
rpm-q evolution shows version 1.4.5-7
Bugzilla time?
Don
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-test-list-admin(a)redhat.com
> [mailto:fedora-test-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Paul Kline
> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 1:39 PM
> To: fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com
> Subject: RE: Updated ISO images?
>
>
> On Fri, 2003-10-31 at 16:26, Don wrote:
> > Paul,
> > That was a very amusing exercise.... :-)
> >
> > Here's the results of the "mylog.txt" file....
> >
> > sending EHLO [10.10.10.14]^M
> > received 502
> > sending MAIL FROM: <dnrlinux(a)san.rr.com>^M
> > received 503 5.0.0 Polite people say HELO first
> > sending QUIT
> >
> > OK, fine.... obviously my ISP SMTP server doesn't like EHLO and
> wants to see
> > HELO.
> >
> > So, why does evolution report back?
> > Error while performing operation:
> > MAIL FROM response error: unknown
> >
> > What's the purpose of an error message? To allow somebody to diagnose a
> > problem.
> > So how about something like:
> > Error while sending mail:
> > EHLO response error: 502
> > MAIL FROM response error: 503 5.0.0 Polite people say HELO first
> >
> > The next question is, since EHLO failed, evolution should do one of two
> > things:
> > - try HELO
> > - or stop there... an error of 502 means there's not much point in
> > continuing.
> >
> > Then my little test message remains in the outbox... I deleted it by
> > selecting it and pressing the delete key.
> > The item count in the outbox is now 2 (from my original message as well,
> > also deleted) and when I close evolution it warns me that I have unsent
> > items in the outbox.... there're problems in the delete code
> when removing
> > items from the outbox.
> >
> > Don
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: fedora-test-list-admin(a)redhat.com
> > > [mailto:fedora-test-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Paul Kline
> > > Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 11:09 AM
> > > To: fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com
> > > Subject: RE: Updated ISO images?
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Don,
> > >
> > > This maybe a glibc error. Edit your /etc/hosts and take out
> whitespaces,
> > > blank lines, etc. to fix this bug.
> > >
> > > To test if its a glibc error run this "CAMEL_VERBOSE_DEBUG=1
evolution
> > > &> mylog.txt"
> > >
> > > look at mylog.txt to see if there is ELO, instead of the normal POP
> > > response
> > >
> > > Paul
>
> Don,
>
> do this
>
> 1) edit your /etc/hosts and clean out the whitespaces and blanklines. If
> that does not work. delete the comments.
>
> HTH,
>
> Paul
>
>
>
>
>
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5:01 p.m.
On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 09:22, Don Russell wrote:
I got the ISO images for FCT3 and installed it on two machines....
The laptop install went "OK", but the update utility doesn't work, it
hangs during checking dependencies etc.
The desktop install fails miserably.... choking big time with rpmdb
fatal errors during the package install.
Question is... are there newer ISO images I can d/l and try again?
Thanks,
Don
I can see that every-one wants iso's... Well if you have a DVD-R I can
give you the command to generate an ISO from the distribution tree:
cd /$distribution_tree
mkisofs -A Fedora\ Core\ 1/i386 -V Fedora\ Core\ 1/i386 -J -R -v -T -o
fedora-core.RC1-i386-DVD.iso -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c
isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table .
/usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/implantisomd5 fedora-core.RC1-i386-DVD.iso
You can use this command to generate a ~2.2GB iso which is excellent for
VMWare or DVD-R's...
Ntz...Ntz...Ntz... so impatient... should warn you though that there are
absolutely no differences from an updated Severn Test3...
Your choice...
6:54 p.m.
Thanks for that info....
Where I find newer ISOs are nice is in the event of a complete, clean,
reinstall....
Periodically I wipe the entire system, and if I can reinstall from ISO
images without then having to apply all sorts of updates... well, that just
seems "easier". :-)
What I WOULD like is if the /home directory etc were all in a separate
partition so when I says "reformat" to do a clean install, all MY stuff is
not affected.
There's probably ways to do that, I just want it to be "automatic" when
doing a "reformat this all automatically" for me...
Don
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Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 3:01 PM
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Subject: Re: Updated ISO images?
On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 09:22, Don Russell wrote:
> I got the ISO images for FCT3 and installed it on two machines....
>
> The laptop install went "OK", but the update utility doesn't work, it
> hangs during checking dependencies etc.
>
> The desktop install fails miserably.... choking big time with rpmdb
> fatal errors during the package install.
>
> Question is... are there newer ISO images I can d/l and try again?
>
> Thanks,
> Don
I can see that every-one wants iso's... Well if you have a DVD-R I can
give you the command to generate an ISO from the distribution tree:
cd /$distribution_tree
mkisofs -A Fedora\ Core\ 1/i386 -V Fedora\ Core\ 1/i386 -J -R -v -T -o
fedora-core.RC1-i386-DVD.iso -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c
isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table .
/usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/implantisomd5 fedora-core.RC1-i386-DVD.iso
You can use this command to generate a ~2.2GB iso which is excellent for
VMWare or DVD-R's...
Ntz...Ntz...Ntz... so impatient... should warn you though that there are
absolutely no differences from an updated Severn Test3...
Your choice...
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4:40 a.m.
On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 02:54, Don wrote:
Thanks for that info....
Where I find newer ISOs are nice is in the event of a complete, clean,
reinstall....
Periodically I wipe the entire system, and if I can reinstall from ISO
images without then having to apply all sorts of updates... well, that just
seems "easier". :-)
What I WOULD like is if the /home directory etc were all in a separate
partition so when I says "reformat" to do a clean install, all MY stuff is
not affected.
Well... in order to do that... you should migrate all the user accounts
first... it shouldn't be that hard... You have two options:
1) save /etc/passwd /etc/shadow /etc/groups /etc/gshadow and after the
reinstall replace them with the back-ups... That is not a solution
actually because there you also have info for system services and others
(e.g. apache)... And if you don't install apache also in the second
install you might have a ^small^ but never-the-less possible security
risk, or warnings in the logs such as /var/www does not exist...
2) create a small bash script which lists all the directories in /home
and creates users with the uid accordingly to the ones of the
directories
2bis) This is only a modification of the one above... create the script
which creates the users and then runs chown user:group /home/$user for
each entry...
There's probably ways to do that, I just want it to be
"automatic" when
doing a "reformat this all automatically" for me...
Don
4:08 p.m.
What I WOULD like is if the /home directory etc were all in a
separate
partition so when I says "reformat" to do a clean install, all MY stuff is
not affected.
Just tell the installer not to use that partition and it'll leave it untouched.
The basic options 'remove all Linux' and 'remove all' don't help you
here so
you have to do it manually in that case.
4:14 p.m.
On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 00:08, Alan Cox wrote:
> What I WOULD like is if the /home directory etc were all in a
separate
> partition so when I says "reformat" to do a clean install, all MY stuff
is
> not affected.
Just tell the installer not to use that partition and it'll leave it untouched.
The basic options 'remove all Linux' and 'remove all' don't help you
here so
you have to do it manually in that case.
Oh yeah... that too... weird... seems I forgot 'bout it...BTW Don if you
don't have scripting knowledge... mail-me I'll send you some scripts to
do that...
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