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["Ricardo Izquierdo" <odracir_redwolf AT linuxmail.org>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>
Date: Sun,  8 Aug 2004 22:29:40 -0700
To: SourceMage GNU/Linux Discuss <sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] Problem installing SMGL 20040414

> Quoting Ricardo Izquierdo <odracir_redwolf AT linuxmail.org>:
> > Last Saturday I'd try to install the newest
> > iso of SMGL.
> > 
> > And I have several problemas installing it.
> > Starting with this:
> > /usr/bin/ppd/: In file /etc/ppp/peers/isp: unrecognized option 'dev/modem'
> > but i found a mail in the list about 
> > how to solve the problem, but seems that reconfiguring
> > the kernell is not the option for me and i have to download
> > the drivers for a broadcom 4401 card, because recompilling the kernell
> > desn't work, or may be i did an incorrect selection.
> 
> Did you get any errors when recompiling? Perhaps file a bug to have that 
> driver
> included (as a module [did you check to see if it was there already?])?

No erros, only the same line about the modem.

> > The other problem was that the image of the stable grimoire doesn't 
> > transfered properly to my HD. But that is easy to solve when the first
> > problem is fixed.
> 
> I haven't noticed that problem (just reinstalled this weekend using 20040414
> 2.6), but then I always do a `scribe update` after installation before doing
> anything (though I usually add test and remove stable ;)).

Ok. I'll try what you are suggesting Eric and first do a srcibe update, before
the sorcery system-update and the sorcery rebuild.

> > But the wierdiest is that at the moment of isntalling GRUB or LILO,
> > my windows partition disapears form the boot loader and I don't have
> > idea, of what's happening. I had edit the boot loader in both times.
> 
> Our bootloader doesn't do any auto-detection of OS' installed on your 
> system and
> only creates an entry for the currently running kernel (or the just 
> installed
> one if you told grub/lilo/etc. to do that). You have to manually add other
> entries.

I think that, is only that the solution that I enter doesn't work.


> -sandalle
> 
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> Eric Sandall                     |  Source Mage GNU/Linux Developer
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> 
Try again, next weekend. I have more info and idea about it. Thanks.
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