On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 11:40:10PM +0200, Pixel wrote:
> 
> not really.

:-(

> It should not be *really* hard for a DrakX expert,

Which I certainly am not.  I am not even expert enough to understand
a lot of the obfuscated (no offence intended, I am sure it's efficient
even if obfuscated -- why does perl5 have to be so obfuscated anway?)
code in drakx.

> but it's not
> available.

That is too bad.  I was hoping to make a new root filesystem on a new
LVM LV on my workstation (while I did other stuff :-) that would be a
nice clean 8.2 install and see if that makes my constant
Galeon/Mozilla hangs go away.  Installing from the CD also means that
trying to install onto a new root LV will be impossible unless I hack
the installer again.

> So, do not even try :)

You ruin all the fun Pixel.  :-)

> you can have a look at the "oem" script (and the things that go with it) from
> the rescue.

Which specifically do you mean "the rescue"?  One of the ISOs?

> Its purpose is partly this.

OK.

> but anyway, what you want is mainly "rpm --initdb /the_dir ; rpm --root
> /the_dir -Uvh ...",

Yes, if I knew what all RPMs I needed/wanted to install (without a
whole lotta iterative attempts).  :-)  I also want a "more or less"
standard install to see if the Galeon/Mozilla hangs go away.  If I
just plop a bunch of RPMs into a directory, it's hardly a "Mandrake
installation".

> DrakX is just doing some more configuration that you can
> do on your own (?)

Right, again, that I want it to do.  I was hoping for a "Mandrake
installed" system.  I will not gain very much credibility with
reporting things like my Galeon/Mozilla hangs when I don't even go
through the motions of the installer.

b.

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Brian J. Murrell

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