Installing FC5 on pre-partitioned /dev/hdb

Anil Kumar Sharma xplusaks at gmail.com
Mon Apr 3 11:58:50 UTC 2006


On 4/3/06, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> On Sunday 02 April 2006 20:52, Les Mikesell wrote:
> [...]
> >
> >> So how can I bypass this "thing from hell" and get to actually doing
> >> the install, and do it where I want it?
> >
> >I'd stay away from text mode.  Do the reverse-vnc connection if
> >you have to to get a graphic screen for the setup.
>
> I tried the gui, and that did work as I wanted it, so the install is
> done, and nearly everything is installed.  SElinux is turned off, as
> was iptables after I'd fixed all the other stuff re the labels by
> taking them back out of the copy of fstab on hdb.  So labels are no
> longer a concern since theres none in the hda copy of fstab either.
> I am already behind a more than adequate firewall.
>
> 3 immediate problems:
>
> 1) networking is so slow it took it about 6 hours to do the yum update
> once I'd gotten it booted.  Those 69 packages shouldn't have taken more
> than 10 minutes or so on a 256/1.5 dsl connection.  Is there a fix for
> that other than reverting to my homemade 2.6.16.1?  None of my homemade
> kernels has ever exhibited network performance like that.  Maybe it
> didn't have the forcedeth driver available?
>
> 2)  evolution, although it has all the data filled in properly, cannot
> login and get my email from incoming.verizon.net.  fetchmail had no
> problems once I'd rebooted to FC2.  I got the feeling it wasn't using
> the pop3 protocol correctly, but then neither does verizon as the login
> and password are exchanged in the clear.


 try this <http://www.redhat.com/archives/rhl-list/2006-April/msg00304.html>

3) where do I edit, and what, to make it use kde instead of gnome?
>
> The older switchdesk utility wasn't fully installed for some reason, and
> doesn't seem to be available via yum.
>
>
At login screen choose session and select option that comes, to make it
default.
<http://www.redhat.com/archives/rhl-list/2006-April/msg00304.html>

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Anil Kumar Shrama
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