[SM-Discuss] New x86_64 ISO
Thomas Orgis
thomas-forum at orgis.org
Sun Jan 18 08:51:12 EST 2009
Am Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:37:55 -0500
schrieb flux <flux at sourcemage.org>:
> Our new Cauldron developer, Quentin Rameau, has produced a devel version
> x86_64 ISO
OK, I gave it a spin on my Core2 duo laptop. Before my notes vanish in lack of time for bug reports or whatnot, here they are:
good: It worked after all!
bad:
bootup doesn't wait for usb cdrom drive, fails to find the disc to boot from
good:
allows to recover using boot-from /dev/cdrom (which is there after few seconds)
bad:
modutils init script fails because /lib read only (the init script should be deactivated on ISO anyway)
strange: mountall.sh error in line 127. write error...
bad:
hwclock.sh cannot find a clock, some driver issue, I guess (my newly configured kernel has it resolved, would have to look again to see what driver it actually is)
bad:network fails because no /etc/network/interfaces ... this is somewhat by design, but then we should disable the init script. Either disable or try dhcp. Or ask.
strange:
Spell selection menu, but also the preselection... is the default really that g++ is installed but gcc not?
Is glibc _not_ installed by default? I didn't try that. Same with bash.
strange:
grub is not installed but grub config in /boot/grub is overwritten
I did not install a boot loader since this is the second linux on that box, there's one already.
dunno:
/etc/hostname missing... we could provide a default there (echo set-etc-hostname-you-prick > /mnt/root/etc/hostname;-).
dunno:
system groups ... should they be predefined? udev complains about missing ones in rules...
strange:
sorcery default config, on the x86-64 system is optimize for i486
strange:
smgl-fhs was not there... intent? Same for the basesystem meta-spell.
I expected a preinstalled basesystem, with sorcery knowing about every installed spell.
strange:
first gnupg check fails, missing ~/.gnupg, creating, still errors out ... next gpg check works
strange:
stable grimoire had bad metadata
bad:
sorcery rebuild: "device" is not a spell, "module-init" "net" "nfs" ... some spell names are cut in wrong places for the installed spells list.
I think I heard of this one already...
suggestion:
ISO kernel should be SMP, definetely for x86-64. It does not break the uniprocessor systems and you gotta search hard for a x86-64 box with a single core nowadays.
At least there should be the option to copy prepared SMP kernel to the installed system. Rationale is that especially during sorcery rebuild, you don't want to use only 1/n of your processing power.
That's it for now. I hope my report is helpful... I'll try to elaborate on the points if they're not that clear (for sure;-).
Alrighty then,
Thomas.
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