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[Hamish Greig <hgreig AT bigpond.net.au>]

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On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 16:28, Jason Flatt wrote:
> On Wednesday 31 March 2004 9:05 pm, Hamish Greig wrote:
> > On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 14:44, Jason Flatt wrote:
> > > In the 0.9.2 ISO install I did, I needed to compile the kernel to get
> > > my network card working correctly, so I'd say this is a 'must have'.
> >
> > what network card ? was it not compiled or was it compiled with wrong
> > options ? Or was it the netconf bug were it wrote $module.ko to the
> > eth#,dev file ?
> > Also, I would like to receive all these (minor or major ?) bug reports,
> > There is no point in me spending all this time and effort if developers
> > and users don't get what they want and chances are if something didn't
> > work for you, then it will similarly fail for another user so it is a bug
> > and should be fixed for the next release.
> > ISO bugs will no longer be left unaddressed for months on end, so please
> > report them and the ISO and install process will advance thanks to your
> > feedback.
>
> Well, to be honest, I just figured I was doing something wrong, and
> compiling the driver into the kernel worked.  Now that you mention it,
> however, that netconf bug looks familiar, so maybe that was the problem I
> was having.  I'll try booting to that kernel again and check (tomorrow).

sounds like the netconf bug. it was the 2.6.3 kernel ISO ?

> > Oh, and perl would have been installed if you chose to compile the kernel
> > during install, the question was whether everyone should have it forced
> > into their new system or just those that wanted or needed it.
>
> Would it have been available if I didn't choose to compile the kernel
> during install, but immediately after the install had completed?  I guess
> if we are talking about the current ISO, then the answer is yes.  I like to
> leave the default kernel as a backup in case I royally hose the one I'm
> building.  So, during install, I choose to install the default kernel. 
> After the install is done, I make a backup of the kernel then compile a new
> one.

yes, after 
"Install Source Mage GNU/Linux to disk" 
there is still (now, in the new world order)
"Oops, I really need to compile a custom kernel"  
which would have installed perl if it wasn't already (moot as people seem to 
think it should be installed by default), then comes
"reconfigure bootloader" 
incase you decide to write to MBR after all, followed by
" Choose services to run at boot"

I think that covers all the options doesn't it ?
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