Okay, my first install of Oxygen. Didn't go as planned, but nothing works
right the first time anyway. Here's as much debugging info as I can give
you. Enjoy!
- network.img from /images/ on Oxygen 2 ISO from linuxberg.com
- NFS install
- Oxygen 2 ISO from linuxberg.com mounted via loopback on NFS server
- Install (not upgrade)
- Expert
- Development
Machine installing to: (previously running RH61 fine)
- Pentium 75
- 32MB RAM
- 1.2GB HD IDE
- SMC 10/100 PCI NIC running at 10MB on DHCP ("Epic" I believe is what it
detects as, works great under RH and MDK)
- S3 Trio 64V+ Video Card
- SoundBlaster 16 SCSI
- 12X CD-ROM IDE
- MS 2 Button Serial Mouse, COM 1
(Kept previous partitioning scheme from Disk Druid under RH61, just
reformatted)
hda1 - /boot - 11MB
hda5 - swap - 64MB
hda6 - / - 1115MB
1). There seems to be a typo in the individual package selection:
kde
- deloppment
- - tools
- - - cervisia
- - - kdbg
- - - kdevelop
What is "deloppment" ? I have a feeling it's supposed to be "development",
but I'm not sure, so I'm checking.
2.) When I went to deselect the "tetex" package, I got the following
error, and it instantly jumped to the next step, "Install System", and began
installing the packages, even though I hadn't told it I was ready to do that
yet..
An error occured
Bad Package Tetex
Oh well. Didn't want it anyway. Too bad it didn't let me finish selecting
packages, though. =(
3.) After installing the packages I got a chance to select, I went on,
configuring the next steps (networking, timezone, printer, root password,
bootdisk, LILO). When I got to "Configure X", it froze. Solid. No mouse.
No Ctrl-Alt'ing to a console. No Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. No Num-lock response.
No Ctrl-Alt-Delete, even. No warning. =(
Oh well, the install was fun, I'll start over again. Best installation
program I've ever seen. =)
4.) No non-GPL version of MySQL (at least I didn't see one..). What's up
with that?
Once again, the installation program was top notch. WAY above Corel's
(still a lil buggy), WAY above Red Hat 6.1's (very bloated, individual
package selection was a NIGHTMARE), and a step above what I've seen of
Caldera's (although, the Tetris was a REALLY NICE idea on their part.. how
about making "fortune" a mandatory component, installing its package first,
and having it display fortunes every 15 seconds during the package install
process? Can't be anything wrong with that..).
In conclusion, awesome job.
Don Head
Linux Mentor
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