Bug#163737: Bugs on first CD (installer) on ppc distribution
tags 163737 + unreproducible moreinfo
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#include <hallo.h>
* José Salavert Torres [Tue, Oct 08 2002, 12:42:15AM]:
> Package: boot-floppies
> Version: 3.0r0
>
> Installer doesn't mount CD-ROM properly.
What do you mean? Which kernel messages do you see? Which kind of CDROM
drive?
> If manually mounted, installer doesn't read files properly.
Sounds like broken CD drive or bad CDROM.
> I'm only able to install by copying first cd-rom to hard-drive.
Copying how? Do you have any problems with differen IDE modes, for
example? Overclocked hardware?
> Forgotten links in "dists" directory (and others) apt doesn't work
> properly (doesn't gets the right directories).
Not a boot-floppies problem.
> XFree 4.2.1pre1v2 doesn't work with macintosh Nvidia cards.
> The official driver from Nvidia company doesn't compile properly,
> please, add it as a module for the kernel if you can, or say this to
> Nvidia.
Please report this as a bug in xserver-xfree86 or nvidia-kernel-src.
> Without Nvidia support the 50% of linux-ppc community doesn't have got
> graphic environment, doesn't have linux apps.
Such wannabe populistic talks won't help you.
Gruss/Regards,
Eduard.
--
The box said "Requires Win95, NT, or better," and so I installed Linux.
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