On Thu, 2002-08-15 at 09:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I haven't had a chance to try beta2, but just in case these issues
> from beta1 haven't been fixed yet, I thought I'd mention them:
>
> - When formatting a loopback filesystem greater than 2GB in size on a
> vfat partition, DrakX crashes every time. This problem existed in
> 8.2 as well -- it would be nice to prohibit this if vfat can't
> handle it.
This is a know limitation of the FAT filesytem as old as DOS. If you
think about it, a loop filesystem is nothing more than a single file on
the parent filesystem. FAT has (and has always had) a single file limit
of 2GB. I do agree that it would be nice to have some hack to DrakX that
would warn you about it...but I think it would be tough to do (maybe at
least popping up a warning about loop filesystems over 2GB on VFAT would
be nice?)
>
> - I am unable to write on a vfat partition from which my root
> partition was mounted via -o loop.
Why in heavens name would you want to mount your root partition to a
vfat partition? This is probably a Good Thing (TM). As writing to it on
a VFAT filesystem would cause you to loose all the file permissions.
>
> - freetype-tools was not installed as a dependency of drakxtools, so
> drakfont doesn't quite get TrueType fonts installed. (It tried to run
> ttmkfdir but it wasn't there.)
>
> - I still get a kernel panic on my Vaio F340 when shutting down or
> running "cardctl eject" with my Buslink wireless network card
> inserted.
>
> The workaround is to manually remove the card before suspending or
> shutting down, but I often forgot.
>
> - The other workaround was to switch to a different card, based on
> PrismII. It's faster, too... but Mandrake doesn't quite get the
> driver right. I noticed that Mandrake includes the prism2_plx and
> prism2_pci drivers from linux-wlan-ng, but not the PCMCIA driver or
> configuration tools. When I build the configuration tools myself
> from linux-wlan-ng they work great with the plx driver in the
> Mandrake kernel. It would be nice if Mandrake could support these
> card automatically.
>
> All in all I find Beta1 to be much cooler than 8.2 in several
> respects-- Gnome starts faster, Nautilus doesn't lock up after viewing
> several jpegs, and gpilotd, while not available on the toolbar, syncs
> my Visor on the first try when run from the command line.
>
> Keep up the great work and I'll be watching for Beta3 or Beta4 as my
> schedule permits. Please CC me on replies; I have the list set on
> nomail due to volume but I do watch the archives now and then.
> --
> Aaron Peromsik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- For thicker oatmeal, add less water. --
>
