El mar, 15-01-2002 a las 01:14, pesarif escribi�:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I just installed Mandrake 8.1 on one of my test systems.
> It's almost as if the install program was written in perl because it exited 
> (twice) abruptly with something like "Global destruction to unreferenced 
> scalar" (or something like that).  It happens if you try cancelling the 
> printer package install and sometimes it just does it unexpectedly (and 
> rather inconveniently when your system is half-installed).  What is happening?
> 
> This system doesn't have very much space and I fail to see why drakxtools (or 
> some other mandrake configuration utils) required XFree 4.1.0 (S3 Trio isn't 
> supported by 4.x.x) and _both_ XFree86-75dpi-fonts and XFree86-100dpi-fonts.  
> Why I need both types on fonts on a monitor that just manages 800x600x16 is 
> beyond me...
> 
> And then, I found out that Mandrake 8.1 forces you to use DevFS...
> Isn't DevFS experimental?  Linux is all about choice so why didn't I get to 
> choose the traditional way of handling devices?

Edit /etc/lilo.conf and add the option devfs=nomount instead of
devfs=mount in the append= line. Then run lilo.


> Sorry if I sound blunt but this is what happened and I'm a bit disappointed.
> 
> Thanks,
> pesarif
> 
> 
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