New AC2 release candidate test boot cd image

[Sergey Tikhonov]

Michal Jaegermann wrote:

>>On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 08:29:31PM +0400, Sergey Tikhonov wrote:
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>>>Here it goes, please check
>>>ftp://ftp.rdsor.ro/pub/Linux/Distributions/AlphaLinux/core/2.0a/test/ac2-qboot2.iso
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>
>Boots and starts graphics display on UP1500 (Nautilus chipset)
>even if X (Radeon card) is starting so long that it already begins
>to make a false impression that it crashed.
>
>Nice but I still have some issues.  On the first console screen I see the
>following:
>...............
>Starting graphical installation....
>/usr/lib/anaconda/htmlbuffer.py:180: GtkWarning: Unknown tag 'strong'
>  self.buffer.apply_tag_by_name(tag, start, self.iter)
>/usr/lib/anaconda/htmlbuffer.py:180: GtkWarning: Unknown tag 'code'
>  self.buffer.apply_tag_by_name(tag, start, self.iter)
>  
>
I did full graphic install and that didn't cause a problem. :) So I 
guess it is not a big deal.

>I am not sure how important that is but something is unhappy.
>
>Later anaconda is not finding any older installations so there is
>no option to update; only to install from scratch which may be not
>so nice.  It should find in my case at least two installation suitable
>for an update and, if I am interpreting logs correctly, it it trying
>to check available partitions one by one but somehow it still not
>recognizing any as possible /.  Somewhat weird.  I have whatever
>I was able to save from boot with an installation CD boot logs so
>if somebody wants to have a look please give me a shout.
>  
>
I did fixed it. :) The problem was in parameters I was giving to make 
install cd script. Now it will corectly
offer to update AC -> AC or FC -> AC.
Can add to offer update from CentOS -> AC. :)))

>Actually CentOS 4.2 boot disk has exactly the same problem.
>
>A comment in etc/aboot.cfg on CD, which you are going to see if you
>will do 'l' at an aboot prompt, says:
>
>#
># Red Hat Linux/Alpha aboot configuration options:
>#
>#   0 - Boot the Red Hat Linux installer using a 2.4 kernel
>......
>
>Well, this is not "Red Hat Linux/Alpha", even if "Red Hat Linux
>installer" is possibly closer to reality, and for sure
>2.6.12-1.1448_FC4axp used on that disk is not "a 2.4 kernel".
>  
>
Fixed too. :)

I could make another qboot image for testing.

Thank you,

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Sergey Tikhonov
Solvo Ltd.
tsv at solvo.ru