Russell Cattelan wrote: Ok all the iso's are now at ftp://ftp.thebarn.com/SGI/Mandrake-XFS1.0/ I've updated disc 1 with a patched version of mkinitrd, initial ram disks should be make correctly now. > "Venables, Michael" wrote: > > > Russell - > > > > Some of this is aimed more at the MDK guys, but since you CCed them, they'll > > pick up the thread. > > > > If it's not too much of a hassle, you might put discs 2 & 3 up. The copy of > > disc 2 I have came from one of our internal ftp sites, and there seems to be > > something wrong a bunch of the packages on it. I haven't seen disc 3 on any > > of the sites I've visited. > > Ok will do, I'm remaking everything right now with a patched version of > mkinitrd. > Your best bet will be to use rysnc to "update" your disc1 iso, should very > little change > from the original. > > > > > > > Have you given any thought to building against the 2.4.4 kernel? From what > > I've been told by one of our kernel hackers, it holds up much better on the > > sort of meatgrinder tests that we'd like to stress test XFS under. > > Ok like I said I don't have bunched time right now, so... > I'll do one kernel, which one is more important right now? > 2.4.3.whatever or the latest 2.4.4 in cooker. > > Note any 2.4.4 version will most likely be TOT from the development tree, as > that is very close to what will be going into XFS 1.0.1. > > > > > > > I've never had to do anything from the installer shell for Mandrake, and I > > was sort of surprised that they use something other than bash. Didn't take > > the time to look, but whatever it is, works hard against you doing any sort > > of useful CLI work. Unlike RH, there's no mouse support or autofill. > > > > Additionally, I was completely unable to run mkinitrd. The permissions are > > fine, but for some reason, it won't execute. If you've got any theories... > > > > More X config problems. Have a machine with a FireGL 4000. That card does > > not appear in the list of supported video controllers. Also... is there no > > option to function test an X configuration? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Russell Cattelan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 4:04 PM > > To: Venables, Michael; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Mandrake installer > > > > "Venables, Michael" wrote: > > > > > I passed XFS Mandrake off to a couple of people here and happened to be > > > around when they hit the same package install problems I did. The specific > > > error was "bad package, unable to be installed" but I noticed that they > > > begin on disk 2--so you're off the hook. Figured you'd want to know before > > > you wasted any time. > > > > > > > Ok quick caveat here, I have not spend a lot of time making sure everything > > is perfectly polished > > So I'm nor sure the iso build script did the right thing in regards to which > > package is on which > > CD. I think the original mandrake 8.0 disc 2 and 3 should work when > > selecting > > packages from > > them, but I have not tested that so I'm not sure. > > If need be I can put the disc 2 and 3 iso's that I generated on the ftp > > site. > > > > I'm hoping the Mandrake folks will eventually help out with cleaning up > > these > > details, > > but for the moment all I have to time to do is make sure the basic install > > works. > > > > BTW yes the mkinitrd is failing... seems it is trying to be smart and > > include > > any > > file systems that are not ext2 as a module. > > Since xfs is compiled into the kernel mkinitrd can not find the module and > > exits. > > The Q&D fix is to go in and comment out the exit at line 100 in mkinitrd and > > rerun the cmd by hand. > > > > > michael > > > > -- > > Russell Cattelan > > -- > > Digital Elves inc. -- Currently on loan to SGI > > Linux XFS core developer. > > -- > Russell Cattelan > -- > Digital Elves inc. -- Currently on loan to SGI > Linux XFS core developer. -- Russell Cattelan -- Digital Elves inc. -- Currently on loan to SGI Linux XFS core developer.
