From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_24_48,DMARC_QUAR, INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from cj647207-a.reston1.va.home.com ([65.1.132.232] helo=kabbu.reston.redhat.com) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 14lNPC-0001Tf-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2001 21:59:26 -0600 Received: from jerry by kabbu.reston.redhat.com with local (Exim 3.22 #1) id 14lOLs-00008l-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Fri, 06 Apr 2001 01:00:04 -0400 From: Jerry A! To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Help w/Install Message-ID: <20010406010004.A533@kabbu.reston.redhat.com> References: <20010405234530.A256@kabbu.reston.redhat.com> <20010405204647.A15340@cvs.gentoo.org> <20010405235214.A314@kabbu.reston.redhat.com> <20010405205744.A4231@cvs.gentoo.org> <20010406004011.A476@kabbu.reston.redhat.com> <20010405214913.C4538@cvs.gentoo.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010405214913.C4538@cvs.gentoo.org>; from drobbins@gentoo.org on Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 09:49:13PM -0600 Organization: Broken Toys Unlimited Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Reply-To: jerry@thehutt.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Thu Apr 5 22:00:01 2001 X-Original-Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 01:00:04 -0400 X-Archives-Salt: 15235cdb-f18c-498c-914a-a3b6a9a41fe7 X-Archives-Hash: 3ff2a645f56a95a92be20e2b7b121bd1 On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 09:49:13PM -0600, Daniel Robbins wrote: : On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 12:40:11AM -0400, Jerry A! wrote: : : > I'm not sure if the current build stuff will work. rc3 worked just : > fine. I'm guessing that part of the reason was b/c we had : > root=/dev/loop0 in there (hey, but I'm not really sure). I tried adding : > this line to rc4_pre2, but no luck. My guess is that if rc4_final boots : > like rc4_pre2, I'll still be in SOL. : : Many recent 2.4 kernels had broken loopback device implementations. This was : *just* fixed in 2.4.3, as were several major ReiserFS filesystem corruption : bugs. I think the last kernel that seemed really stable was 2.4.0-test10 (I : think we used this one with 1.0_rc3). Since then, it's been a bumpy ride. : That's the primary reason to wait for a new release -- so you'll have a stable : kernel to install from. : : For example, if you use kernel 2.4.1.19 (aka 2.4.1-ac19) to create your : ReiserFS filesystems and install Gentoo Linux, your filesystems will be badly : corrupted from the get-go. :( I can't remember what kernel is included with : 1.0_rc4_pre2 right now, but it very likely has ReiserFS bugs that are worth : avoiding if at all possible. I understand. But looking at things, I'm curious, is the current cd using devfs? If so, then anyone who needs to use a pcmcia cdrom to boot will be out of luck. I believe that we would need to install a kernel which supports pcmcia and have cardmangler installed to correctly register pcmcia devices. Anyway to install an rc3 system and bring it up to date? --Jerry name: Jerry Alexandratos || Open-Source software isn't a phone: 703.599.6023 || matter of life or death... email: jerry@thehutt.org || ...It's much more important || than that!