Re: 7.0 will not install

2000-10-10 Thread John Summerfield
> On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 12:48:42PM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > > I presume that's the install-time "insert update disk" routine that > > I'd rather avoid when I create my updated CDs. > > Right, the "insert update disk" simply takes the files on the floppy > and loads them into /tmp/update

Re: 7.0 will not install

2000-10-10 Thread Matt Wilson
On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 12:48:42PM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > I presume that's the install-time "insert update disk" routine that > I'd rather avoid when I create my updated CDs. Right, the "insert update disk" simply takes the files on the floppy and loads them into /tmp/updates on the ini

Re: 7.0 will not install

2000-10-10 Thread Mike A. Harris
On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, John Summerfield wrote: >Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 12:45:58 +0800 >From: John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Subject: Re: 7.0 will not install > >> On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 02:41:59PM +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Re: 7.0 will not install

2000-10-10 Thread John Summerfield
> > True. It's fairly easy these days, though, with the magic > /tmp/updates code override. I presume that's the install-time "insert update disk" routine that I'd rather avoid when I create my updated CDs. Anyway, I've got the two ISOs; time to get the updates.

Re: 7.0 will not install

2000-10-10 Thread John Summerfield
> On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 02:41:59PM +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Why was www and ftp moved to /var > > not that this is good or bad, simply asking for peace of mind > > People wanted to automount /home, and with the docroots there it was > impossible. Secondly, according to the FHS stand

Re: 7.0 will not install

2000-10-10 Thread Matt Wilson
On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 02:41:59PM +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Why was www and ftp moved to /var > not that this is good or bad, simply asking for peace of mind People wanted to automount /home, and with the docroots there it was impossible. Secondly, according to the FHS standard (http://

Re: 7.0 will not install

2000-10-10 Thread Matt Wilson
On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 11:43:52AM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > > Matt > > If I do it, it's fixed for one person. If RHI does it, it's fixed > for ALL RHL users. Right, I just want people to know how I'm going to go about doing it... > I've hacked the previous two versions of RHL to update

Re: 7.0 will not install

2000-10-10 Thread John Summerfield
> Sure, I can whip some up... If you want to do it yourself: > > mkdir boot > mount -o loop boot.img boot > zcat boot/initrd.img initrd.nogz > mkdir initrd > mount -o loop initrd.nogz initrd > mkdir updates > mount updates.img updates > mkdir initrd/tmp/updates > cp updates/* initrd/tmp/updates

Re: 7.0 will not install

2000-10-10 Thread kevin
Why was www and ftp moved to /var not that this is good or bad, simply asking for peace of mind Kind regards Kevin ___ Redhat-devel-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel-list

Re: 7.0 will not install

2000-10-10 Thread Matt Wilson
Sure, I can whip some up... If you want to do it yourself: mkdir boot mount -o loop boot.img boot zcat boot/initrd.img initrd.nogz mkdir initrd mount -o loop initrd.nogz initrd mkdir updates mount updates.img updates mkdir initrd/tmp/updates cp updates/* initrd/tmp/updates umount initrd gzip -9

Re: RH7 and gcc

2000-10-10 Thread John Summerfield
> Chuck Byam wrote: > > > BTW: I like the direction of the 7.0 release, however, I share some of the > > sentiments about the inclusion of this gcc version recently propogated > > through the e-press. > > Beleive none of what you hear and only half of what you see. > >From the outside looking in

Re: 7.0 will not install

2000-10-10 Thread John Summerfield
> Anaconda Update disk: > > http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHBA-2000-084-04.html > > I haven't checked that page, but I did see the announcement. Could we have already-updated boot disks please, for those who burn their own CDs. I've already seen enough updates to warrant fiddling with

Re: 7.0 will not install

2000-10-10 Thread Matt Wilson
Anaconda Update disk: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHBA-2000-084-04.html Matt On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 12:22:24PM +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Just a little hitch > When attempting to install 7.0 I get > an error something like > File /usr/lib/anaconda/isys.py, line 16, in fsSpaceAv

7.0 will not install

2000-10-10 Thread kevin
Just a little hitch When attempting to install 7.0 I get an error something like File /usr/lib/anaconda/isys.py, line 16, in fsSpaceAvailable return _isys.devSpaceFree(fsystem) SystemError (2, No Such File or Dirctory') where do we go from here? -- Kind regards Kevin Waterson CEO OceaniaTLA

Re: RH7 and gcc

2000-10-10 Thread kevin
Chuck Byam wrote: > BTW: I like the direction of the 7.0 release, however, I share some of the > sentiments about the inclusion of this gcc version recently propogated > through the e-press. Beleive none of what you hear and only half of what you see. >From the outside looking in it would seem R

Re: RH7 and gcc

2000-10-10 Thread John Summerfield
> C compiles OK, but most of my C++ projects do not. Has anyone installed an > older version successfully without breaking other dependencies. redhat has promised to fix it. Give 'em a testcase or three. ___ Redhat-devel-list mailing list [EMAIL P

Re: RH7 and gcc

2000-10-10 Thread John Summerfield
> On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Chuck Byam wrote: > > > Is gcc borked in this release or what? And why release a beta version of t > he > > compiler (2.96) in a "production" release? > > Here's the link that you should read: > http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2000-10-09-005-21-NW-CY-RH I got

Re: RH7 and gcc

2000-10-10 Thread Matt Wilson
On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 12:12:38PM -0400, Chuck Byam wrote: > > C compiles OK, but most of my C++ projects do not. Has anyone installed an > older version successfully without breaking other dependencies. the C++ compiler from egcs 1.1.2 is still there, in the compat packages. If you install a

Re: RH7 and gcc

2000-10-10 Thread Chuck Byam
On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, you wrote: .: On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 08:45:20AM -0400, Alan Shutko wrote: .: > Chuck Byam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: .: > .: > > Is gcc borked in this release or what? .: > .: > Works for me. .: .: Ditto, so far. Seems a bit faster too... .: C compiles OK, but most of

Re: RH7 and gcc

2000-10-10 Thread Hal Burgiss
On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 08:45:20AM -0400, Alan Shutko wrote: > Chuck Byam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Is gcc borked in this release or what? > > Works for me. Ditto, so far. Seems a bit faster too... -- Hal B [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ___

Re: RH7 and gcc

2000-10-10 Thread Alex Kanavin
On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Chuck Byam wrote: > Is gcc borked in this release or what? And why release a beta version of the > compiler (2.96) in a "production" release? Here's the link that you should read: http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2000-10-09-005-21-NW-CY-RH -- Alexander Homepage

Re: RH7 and gcc

2000-10-10 Thread Alan Shutko
Chuck Byam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is gcc borked in this release or what? Works for me. -- Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - In a variety of flavors! 32 days, 2 hours, 50 minutes, 3 seconds till we run away. Man has never reconciled himself to the ten commandments. ___

3dfx coding under RH

2000-10-10 Thread Mike A. Harris
I know of the obvious sites and have been there.. *.3dfx.com, etc.. ANyone know where a 3dfx diagnostics program resides? I've got a Voodoo board here that just wont work. I'd like to run some diags on it if such utils exist. Won't work == it is detected, but NOTHING will work with it, no 3d,

RH7 and gcc

2000-10-10 Thread Chuck Byam
Is gcc borked in this release or what? And why release a beta version of the compiler (2.96) in a "production" release? C. Byam ___ Redhat-devel-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel-list

Re: perl-5.6

2000-10-10 Thread Chris Garrigues
Here I go talking to myself again. > From: "Chris Garrigues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 13:49:39 -0500 > > Actually more to the point of what I really want to do (and didn't realize > yet that this was my real question when I wrote the last mail), why aren't > threads enable

Re: kernel-2.2.16-24 and xforms-devel :(

2000-10-10 Thread Thomas Dodd
Svante Signell wrote: > > rpm -qf /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so (libX11.so.6.1) results in XFree86-devel-4.0.1-0.43, > but according to the use of kgcc (1.1.2-40) from compat-egcs-6.2-1.1.2.9, a more > reasonable library to use would be libX11.so (libX11.so.6.1) from > compat-libs-6.2-2!! Is this a s