Re: 20000201 i386 boot floppies test report
Please please please tell us what boot-floppies version precisely you
are using.
ferret@phonewave.net writes:
> A bunch of modprobe can't open dependancies file
> /lib/modules/2.2.14/modules.deb (no such file or directory)
Purely cosmetic, and anyhow, this is a kernel issue.
> I notice I'm not asked if I want a block scan while initialising swap or
> ext2 filesystems.
That's as it should be. It only asks if you pass the 'verbose' bootarg.
> I'm also not asked about kernel 2.0 compatibility. (I was expecting to be)
Ditto, see above.
> I also have only 8 inode tables on a 900MB (approx) partition?
Huh?
> The kernel doesn't have my network card compiled in, so I can't install
> the kernel over NFS. (via-rhine)
Try the compact flavor of boot-floppies.
> Is there any room left on the `boot' floppy for network drivers, or do I
> want to test a different set for network install?
Try the compact flavor of boot-floppies.
> Ooooh. One big problem. If you're on VT2 and modconf is detecting modules
> on VT1, it'll draw on VT2 when it's finished detecting. Very noticeable on
> a slow machine.
Yeah, modconf bug already filed.
> Oh, and I also can't type the full path into the dialog asking for my path
> in the NFS mount. The buffers should be about twice as large.
> After adjusting NFS exports I'm able to load the base2_2.tgz
Hmm... Maybe a bug should be filed on boot-floppies for this.
> Everything else seems to go well.
> But, after I reboot, the filesystem hasn't been cleanly unmounted.
Yeah, known bug.
> Now I'm asked if I want to create an user account. I think somewhere here
> I should be asked if I want to use `user groups' or a `users' group
If you think so, please file a bug on base-config.
> No other problems that I can see so far. Just dpkg taking one heck of a
> long time on my system, but I think that's a kernel issue more than
> anything else. It takes about 15 minutes to replace packages.
>
> I'll run more tests as I can get to them.
Cool. Glad to see it "mostly worked".
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