Re: Just confirming that the new downloaded image booted ok

Post #15,244 by dmarker2 10/26/01 9:51:43 AM Reply	Re: Just confirming that the new downloaded image booted ok So the advice in the prior post should help anyone who got caught out as I 1st did. Cheers Doug Marker
Post #15,260 by imric 10/26/01 11:15:40 AM Reply	Or those that might have! Imric's Tips for Living Paranoia Is a Survival Trait Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised... Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
Post #15,335 by dmarker2 10/26/01 8:12:24 PM Reply	Re: Here is the write up (confusing) ============================================================================ DIRECTORY ORGANIZATION Red Hat Linux is delivered on four CDROMs (disc 1 through disc 4). Disc 1 can be directly booted into the installation on most modern systems, and contains the following directory structure: /mnt/redhat \|----> RedHat \| \|----> RPMS -- binary packages \| `----> base -- information on this release of Red Hat \| Linux used by the installation process \|----> images -- boot and ramdisk images \|----> dosutils -- installation utilities for DOS \|----> COPYING -- copyright information \|----> README -- this file \|----> RELEASE-NOTES -- the latest information about this release \| of Red Hat Linux `----> RPM-GPG-KEY -- GPG signature for packages from Red Hat Disc 2 is similar (only the RedHat subdirectory is present). The directory layout of discs 3 and 4 is similar to the following: /mnt/redhat \|----> SRPMS -- source packages \|----> preview -- alpha and beta level packages (source \| and binary) for the adventurous user (may \| not be present in every release) \|----> COPYING -- copyright information `----> RPM-GPG-KEY -- GPG signature for packages from Red Hat If you are setting up an image for NFS, FTP, or HTTP installations, you need to get everything from the RedHat directory from both disc 1 and disc2. On Linux and Unix systems, the following process will properly configure the /target/directory on your server. *************************** I found the above confusing in that the disks aren't numbered 1 to 4 but SRPMS 1+2 & I386 1+2 - I originally downloaded the SRPMS and as mentioned, noted that inside they are numbered 3 & 4. It has only now occured to me the SRPMS = Source RPMS but the 1+2 & 1+2 numbering is still b stupid as it is clearly open to misinterpretation. Cheers Doug Marker
Post #15,468 by dmarker2 10/28/01 1:05:47 AM Reply	Re: Applied 7.2 as an update to 7.1 - went fine Grub (repl for LiLo) sure looks more prfessional & also helped explain to me why 7.0 & 7.1 acted differently re location of /boot (or / if you keep /boot in same filesystem as /) The use of the LiLo param linear means using the older stye 24 bit addressinf & requires /boot to be below cyl 1024 the new grub defaults to the larger sector addressing mode & acts like RH 7.0 did. Also took the opportunity to download 3 iso images for Mandrake 8 (my prior one was 7.2 & had lots of problems with it on my machines). Am going to try Mandrake 8.1 on Connectix VPC - RH 7.1 & 7.2 work very well on it. The docs with VPC say Mandrake 8 is their preferred Linux. VPC is a very useful product. Cheers Doug Marker
Post #15,498 by a6l6e6x 10/28/01 3:32:57 PM Reply	Re: Applied 7.2 as an update to 7.1 - went fine That's encouraging. I want to do the same sometime. Is the file system changed to ext3 or is that done outside the installation? Red Hat is only about 150 miles away from me but downloading the 4 CDs concurrently would take about 100 hours at the data rates I am seeing. I know, distance is not the major factor. They've got a busy site just now. I'll just wait for things to calm down. When I downloaded the RH 7.1 CDs from Red Hat some time ago, it happened over night in 8 hours or so. Anyone know a fast mirror site? Alex Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. -- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
Post #15,511 by dmarker2 10/28/01 6:25:01 PM Reply	Re: Applied 7.2 as an update to 7.1 - went fine Yes, it offers to convert each filesystem to the new format. Cheers Doug
Post #15,516 by a6l6e6x 10/28/01 9:09:11 PM Reply	Super! Thanks for info. Alex Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. -- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
Post #15,533 by dmarker2 10/29/01 3:47:18 AM Reply	Re: Also 4 interest, inst Mandrake8.1 under VPC on Win2000 Connectix VPC - so far I have installed the following .... Mandrake 7.2 Mandrake 8.1 Redhat 7.1 Redhat 7.2 (as an upgrade to 7.1) Redhat 7.2 as a clean install They all went in ok & all seem to run ok - did the installs on my work notebook (Dell Lattitude 800Mhz PIII with 256MB Ram & 12GB disk) Also am doing these same installs as native setups (except Mandrake 7.2 which always crashes during install on me on my server PCs - even though it works ok under VPC ?). Cheers Doug VPC is a great way to test installs !

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