Roubchinsky George wrote: > > Hi from Russia! > > Dear colleagues!.. Expecially from Russia! > Are there anyone Mandrake user in Russia here? Are there anyone tried to use > RUSSIAN language at the installation process?? > > There's one BUG - little bug, not critical, but BUG, was detected by me > yesterday. > > Mandrake-Linux 6.0 release , which I' ve downloaded in ISO from one of > official FTP mirrors - > have a BROKEN image in /images folder, boot-ol.img. It is not a "bad" ISO, > it was burned correctly and not only ISO - > at ftp://sunsite.org.uk/packages/Mandrake/6.0/images - too. > > In more details - boot-ol.img has a BROKEN initrd, which cause system to > "_HANG_" at the booting > process. Cause of the broken _RAM_DISK_ - i.e., initrd.img. > > I use Mandrake 5.2 and 5.3 before, but 6.0 is first version with "Russian > locale in Box". > > It's not a bad floppy or "buggy PC", > I' ve tested on several PCs and several floppies. You can CHECK it to > improve that I'm right. > > Althought I can easy use English, and I used it in 5.2 or 5.3, but - I want > to use RUSSIAN language NOW. > For having the LOCALE/KDE customization/interface in Russian. > > If I'm use boot.img for diskette creation - It works fine, but if I choose > Russian language - there are many > error messages alike "can not find file... tr". I.E. - It not works at the > beginning, but I can continue installation any way, after > several screenz - messages became Russian, but I'm not sure this method is > correct for Russian locale settings.. > > If I'm use ANY of boot-XX.img _other_ than -OL -- similar situation: I can > choose Russian, > but It does not work pure/correct. All other images than boot-ol.img - WORKS > WELL, without hanging. BUT - > > AND - if I'm use boot-ol.img for discette creation - It FAILS afted trying > to load RAMDISK.. > As I'm tested - it is besause of BROKEN initrd.img IN file boot-ol.img. > > As written in /images/readme -- for RUS lang. I SHOULD USE this image, > boot-ol, not some other. But It's broken. > > What can You suggest for Me and OTHER RUSSIAN USERS?.. > Can You fix this image and can I download It separately for correct Russian > installation.n. > > Thank You very much!.. Hi! Its a pity, but its not only error in Mandrake 6.0 russian localization. Next week, we (IPLabs Linux Team) will release Mandrake 6.0 Russian Edition where this bugs will be fixed and few packages will be added. Ofcourse, you will be able to get it through ftp or buy it in IPLabs (http://www.iplabs.ru/Linux/). The big problem is that on the mirroring ftp sites some Mandrake SRPMS are broken (for eg. console-tools and Afterstep). If you want to build correct image with russian language, you can do it with sources from /misc. Regards, Aleksey Novodvorsky, IPLabs Linux Team.
