I just tested a slink base install using the boot floppies from incoming
(it is the 27th), their internal date was the 17th of December, their file
dates are the 19th.
I had several major problems.
1) FAT32 partitions STILL don't work! This has been a problem ever
since beta-hamm!
2) modconf doesn't work
3) Weird warnings/errors
4) No automatic lilo
Details:
#1, If you have a fat32 partition and want to install from a 'harddisk'
then the installer will NOT detect and list these partitions as
mountable, even though going to a console at using mount by hand
works fine. I have attached the output of fdisk -l, with this system
the install program lists no partitions to select from.
#2 I have no idea, for some damaged reason when you select 'net' from
the first screen it stops! I ran it with sh -x once I had installed and
it does a read, output is attached.
#3 I recived a few bizzar warning,
1) Something involving loop.o, it was trying to insmod it or something,
doesn't exit - it also doesn't exist after I had installed it.
2) Can't find bin/ifport
3) A weird error about not being able to unpack the driver disk, this
happened the second time I had tried to do it in the same run
4) Ctrl-C'ing modconf causes it to skip unpacking the base system, and
jump to configuring the base system (confusing)
The LILO step also did not work as I have installed linux on a second
drive, I see no reason it should do that, it can put lilo in the MBR of
the primary disk or in an extended partition on the primary. I know of
very few systems that cannot lilo boot from the secondary IDE drive.
I have this system for a few more days, so if you want me to try again be
quick about it.
Do you guys read debian testing? I know that at least #1 has been
mentioned many times for a very long time.
Jason
Attachment:
LOG.MOD
Description: sh -x modconf output
Disk /dev/hda: 64 heads, 63 sectors, 787 cylinders Units = cylinders of 4032 * 512 bytes Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 1 786 1584544+ b Unknown Disk /dev/hdc: 64 heads, 63 sectors, 789 cylinders Units = cylinders of 4032 * 512 bytes Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdc1 1 1 610 1229728+ b Unknown /dev/hdc2 611 611 789 360864 5 Extended /dev/hdc5 611 611 630 40288+ 82 Linux swap /dev/hdc6 631 631 789 320512+ 83 Linux native