I have just attempted to install 9.1 beta 1 and it went as follows:
1. I have both a PS2 and a USB mouse on my system. The install came up
on only the USB mouse. No problem, I suppose, though it would be nice
if all mice were recognized on the initial install.
2. If one misses the cue to 'agree' to the license agreement, there is
very little in your face feedback to let you know where you went astray.
The following screen which reads in small print 'Did you really mean to
reject the license agreement?" is anemic. There should be something
bold in large font like: !!! Installation not permited unless license
agreement is accepted !!!. Otherwise one can get into the next ...
next ... next syndrome assuming they are choosing the default which is
normally the correct method. The other option is simply to disable the
next button until the license agreement is accepted.
3. Network configuration: I did the install with a Linux compatible
USB modem. The install failed to detect the USB modem, but insisted
that it was detecting an ethernet card. My system has no ethernet card.
Once you get into the network configuration dialog, there is no way
out. No cancel, you can only proceed by creating a fictitious modem or
device.
4. Summary: Default is hardware clock set to GMT - shouldn't local
time be default? I think it always has been. Neither my HP Deskjet
810C on USB nor my LaserJet IIIP on parallel get detected and there is
no way to set them up manually during install. Seems strange. My
Radeon 7000 fails to be detected, install shows 'Custom' whatever that
means. I set to Radeon manually (accel enabled) and tested with no
problems detected. ISA sound card of course fails to be configured on
install. With all of the ISA sound cards out there, I don't know why
this capability was dumped of to sndconfig. Not a pretty picture for
the newbie. System comes out of the dock with no sound. YUK.
Upon reboot the system came up with 'insmod hid' failing and continuous
failures apparently emanating from my SCSI Zip drive. And then suddenly
the system does a hard reboot with a dirty file system and the whole
nine yards.
I tried to reboot several times. I can get to failsafe maintainance
mode with no problem. I think X is broke. On the last boot I attempted
to boot normally and failed and my drive is now sitting there with its
corrupted FS.
So if anyone wants to look at this, just tell me what you need and I
will be happy to supply it. The system disk is one a removable drive
and I can add it as a second drive on this system in a snap. FSCK the
file systems and provide any log file off of it you might like to look
at. I am at your service.
- George Mitchell
- Re: [Cooker] Beta 1 install failure George Mitchell
