On Thu, Sep 02, 1999 at 03:28:10PM -0700, Steve Dixon wrote:
> the new(0831) rawhide is getting even closer to sweetness with the new
> installer.
Excellent. :)
> one thing that the installer didnt do quite right is set up
> by windows(sorry) partition in lilo, i could only add the linux
> partition, which worked this time.
That's right - I've been working on the lilo code today. Look for
more functionality in a rawhide soon.
> usually i chose to install everything and then choose individual
> packages, but for some reason it skipped the picking part and goes
> right to the dependencies.
Hmm.. Did you have to hit 'Next' twice? Were there any exception
messages on VC1?
> anyhow, to get to the point, for my laptop, the floppy is an ls-120.
> is there anyway for the ls120 to be recognized by the installer?
> that way my pcmcia will install and i can make a boot disk during
> the install.
Hmm... I was thinking that these worked OK as normal floppies as well.
I think we may have one in the lab, but making it work is kinda low
priority compared to some other, more important functionality...
> my laptop also has a ati rage pro lt video card, which is not
> recognised or does not work with the graphical installer.
It should work when we move to XFree86 3.3.5, and update the PCI
to X server mapping. Which laptop do you have?
> will there be a secondary installer like the old one? thanks.
Boot with "text" at the boot prompt to get the new (also rewritten)
text mode installer. I'm going to be updating the boot message to
reflect this.
Thanks for the feedback.
Matt
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