Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Finally managed to install 10.3a3. > > 1) System failed to boot. The problem of using /dev/sdxxx instead of hdX > in /boot/grub/menu.lst I believe is already fixed for a4. > > 2) A /etc/grub.conf of > > setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 (hd0,6) (hd0,6) > > isn't going to work as it doesn't install an MBR loader, so it's always > a boot failure. What's needed is > > setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 (hd0) (hd0,6) > > At least the latter line makes is boot, the former hangs after "booting > from local disk". Raid1 (/dev/mdX) for rootfs. Or is this a result of a > failure caused by 1)?
It might be - hope this works with Alpha4, if not, please file a blocker bug! > 3) The "list of installed drivers" (printer pppd files) is built after > the printer can be configured during installation in the hardware config > step. Does this constellation make sense? Worth a bugreport. > 4) During installation, I changed some monitor values (number of pixels, > screen diagonal, Vrefresh) and tested afterwards. Worked fine. When the > system goes to runlevel 5 after installation, the xorg.conf is way off > the monitor and obviously running with who knows what. The configuring > during installation was obviously pointless. Has someone seen this too? Worth a bugreport. > 5) Module ata_piix isn't good. It takes a huge amount of time during > boot, showing timeouts and lowering DMA/PIO with each step. Not really > useful. Setting that module as broken in the rescue system causes piix > to be loaded instead; but then no /dev/sda* are created so it's > useless. Definitely needs a bugreport! Thanks for testing, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.suse.de/~aj/ SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
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