FC1, yum dead, using synaptic

[Gene Heskett]

On Monday 19 July 2004 18:07, Jeff Ratliff wrote:
>On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 03:31:26AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> Greetings;
>>
>> I've still got the python hiccups so yum is still dead.  I'm
>> hoping a new mobo, memory etc will fix the python problems.  But
>> thats later this week before it all gets here.
>
>Personally I think FC2 would solve all your yum problems. It did
>for me. It picks your mirror for you, and except when the servers
>are really loaded it just works. I know there are probably good
>reasons you want to stick with FC1, though.

It may well, but then I'd have to do an fsck and a mke3fs on about 
60GB of disks on this box, while leaving /root, /home and /usr/src 
alone.  The last time I tangled with DD, it very carefully took notes 
on what I wanted it to do, and then it re-arranged the partition 
order vs names, and formatted the whole damned thing.  I was a week 
using fdisk while booted to an emergency disk straightening that out, 
which I was able to thanks to amanda.  It was NOT FUN.  Please put 
fdisk back in as a disk prep choice, it does what we want it to do 
and nothing else WE DON'T TELL IT TO.

If this wasn't my main box, then I'd jump on it, but I already have 
FC2 on a box out in the woodshop and I'd need to re-invent several 
wheels to get it to where I'd consider it as usable as this machine 
is in its present state.  Starting with building kde3.3 using 
konstruct.

ATM, I'm not doing anything to this machine except build kernels, dl 
FC3t1, browse and this email as its got some sort of a buss or memory 
problem that memtest86 finds on the 2nd and subsequent passes.  New 
mobo, memory, cpu, and cooler for the cpu are on a fedex truck 
someplace as we speak.  Once it passes memtest86 for half a day, then 
we start trying to figure out what else is fubared.

>> I'd also like to add livna if that wouldn't clash with freshrpms.
>
>Fedora.us and Livna go together. Livna and Freshrpms have been known
>to clash.

Ok, I thought I recalled something like that, but there's another repo 
that goes with freshrpms isn't there?  Or better yet, fedora 1 and 
livna, but can I change horses in mid-stream w/o major headaches?

Actually, I don't know why I'm so concerned with staying current, this 
is my box exclusively, and its behind enough firewalls etc that you 
couldn't see it even if I gave you the IP address.  There simply is 
no response from that side of iptables.  Paranoia, a little of it is 
a good thing, sometimes. :-)

-- 
Cheers, Gene
There are 4 boxes to be used in defense of liberty. 
Soap, ballot, jury, and ammo.
Please use in that order, starting now.  -Ed Howdershelt, Author
Additions to this message made by Gene Heskett are Copyright 2004, 
Maurice E. Heskett, all rights reserved.