I just completed an upgrade from 7.2 to the first release of Mandrake Freq
(LMF1? LM8+?) - since 8.0 would never burn right or install correctly here - and
I ran into a couple of problems that I thought I would post here. Granted, these
items should be (and may already have been) taken to the dev list, but alas I am
no developer nor am I up to the amount of mail I traditionally receive on the
cooker list. Anyhow, here they are:
* After completing the install, my machine hung at the Aurora screen trying to
start several services such as anacron and nmb. After trying several possible
solutions (disable anacron, boot in non-fb mode, etc.) I started up DrakConf
from the machine (displayed on another) and disabled Aurora. The next boot
everything went perfectly.
* This was true in 7.2 and 8.0 as well, but apparently I'm the only one that
has had a problem with it. The install interface prompts the user to enter a
hostname in the form "host.domain.ext". However, if one does this and is using
dhcp the address reported to the dhcp server is "host.domain.ext.domain.ext". To
fix, one must edit /etc/sysconfig/network and change the hostname and
dhcphostname params. The install dialog should be made more clear or this
process of parsing the fqd should be reworked.
Of course, if I am missing something obvious please someone let me know.
thanks!
John LeMay Jr.
Senior Enterprise Consultant
NJMC, LLC.
