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RE: [Rule-list] Modifying the current anaconda--progress update
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Taylor, ForrestX |
Subject: |
RE: [Rule-list] Modifying the current anaconda--progress update |
Date: |
Thu, 7 Feb 2002 13:40:10 -0800 |
I am still testing, but I do have some new info.
I have been testing using kickstart files. I just tried a regular install,
and it seems to be much faster--about three times faster. This may limit
our use of kickstart on low-memory machines.
The installation that I had started just died after two days. It sounded
like a hard drive malfunction, so I tested the drive with the WD Data
Lifeguard disk, and I checked the memory with memtest86. Nothing showed up,
so I am re-burning my discs. This may be a low-memory problem, so it is
worth investigating.
Before I started re-burning the discs, I decided to try a regular
(non-kickstart) install, choosing only a minimum of packages. I did the
custom install, and chose:
X Window System (but not KDE or GNOME)
Network Support
Messaging and Web Tools
Utilities
Software Development
These were 978MB, and it took a little over an hour (until it died with 8
packages left). If you want, I can post my boot.img (or put it on the
web/ftp site), and everyone else can try it on their low-memory systems [or
use mem=16M at the boot prompt].
Forrest
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marco Fioretti [mailto:address@hidden
>
> Forrest,
>
> any news on this?
>
> Ciao,
> Marco
>
> On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 09:34:15 at 09:34:15AM -0800, Taylor,
> ForrestX wrote:
> > Well, I am still waiting for the installer to complete.
> >
> > For those who haven't been following my work on the
> enigma-list (Red Hat), I
> > tried to simply change the code in anaconda allowing for
> 8000K RAM instead
> > of the default 17000K. I tried removing packages until it
> fit on one disc,
> > and used 'linux mem=16M'. The install took over three
> hours on a PIII
> > 500MHz [1153MB of total packages]. I tried the standard
> two-disc set, with
> > the modified anaconda, and I am awaiting the results.
> >
> > It doesn't look too promising, as it has been 20 hours, and
> it still hasn't
> > started installing packages. It now has the Processing
> [Preparing to
> > install...] screen, but the progress bar has not started.
> >
> > Once (if) this finishes, I will try one further test with
> this disc-set. I
> > want to select minimal packages [currently I have selected
> 1739 MB of total
> > packages], and see if that is any faster.
> >
> > I will keep you all updated.
> >
> > Forrest
- [Rule-list] Modifying the current anaconda--progress update, Taylor, ForrestX, 2002/02/06
- RE: [Rule-list] Modifying the current anaconda--progress update,
Taylor, ForrestX <=
- RE: [Rule-list] Modifying the current anaconda--progress update, Taylor, ForrestX, 2002/02/07
- Re: [Rule-list] Modifying the current anaconda--progress update, Marco Fioretti, 2002/02/08
- Re: [Rule-list] Modifying the current anaconda--progress update, Chuck Moss, 2002/02/08
- Re: [Rule-list] Modifying the current anaconda--progress update, Bill Crawford, 2002/02/08
- Re: [Rule-list] Modifying the current anaconda--progress update, Martin Stricker, 2002/02/08
- Re: [Rule-list] Modifying the current anaconda--progress update, Bill Crawford, 2002/02/08
- Re: [Rule-list] Modifying the current anaconda--progress update, Marco Fioretti, 2002/02/09
- Re: [Rule-list] Modifying the current anaconda--progress update, Chuck Moss, 2002/02/09