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Re: [SM-Discuss] x86/ppc/x86_64 test ISO available
- From: Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>
- To: SM Discuss <sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] x86/ppc/x86_64 test ISO available
- Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 08:58:51 -0800 (PST)
On Thu, 27 Jan 2005, Benoit PAPILLAULT wrote:
Hi,
I made 3 new test ISOs available on http://download.sourcemage.org/iso
[1]. Those ISO have been generated with the same set of scripts as the
stable 0.9.3 ISO, with some manual work to add experimental features.
This is also the first x86_64 ISO available.
Those ISOs should correct the following bugs (please verify):
- bug 5645 : the installed system is FHS 2.3 compliant
- bug 6266/7770 : lvm has been compiled with device_mapper support
- bug 7213 : ndiswrapper is on the ISO
- bug 7279 : optional dependency should be handled correctly now
- bug 7385 : no more strange waiting message
- bug 7437 : load modules menu has been restored
- bug 7473 : setup_target is now part of a separate menu item
- bug 7642 : no text in installer menu. should be fixed!
- bug 7789 : basesystem spell is now installed
- bug 7807 : nfs/nfslock has been removed from the ISO
- bug 7813 : /etc/fstab should no longer have TABs
- bug 7865 : timezone chosen during install should be kept
- bug 7869 : SCTP protocol has been added to the default kernel
- bug 7896 : smgl-default-remove-fs should be used
- bug 7947 : mount points should not disapear as expected
Thanks for the list of bugs fixed, I like that. :)
Experimental features (we need your feeback on those : do you like it?
do you want them for the next stable release? do they work?)
- evms [2] replaced the LVM & RAID menu. However, your root partition
cannot use this system.
I looked at this a bit, but didn't get to use it due to the other bugs
I filed against 0.9.4-test2.
- in order to reduce the ISO size to fit on a mini CD-R (200 MB) and
after studying the compressed fs available, i choose squashfs for those
ISO. So, all ISOs are under the 200MB limit
Does squashfs have any drawbacks? Slower? Doesn't work on older
machines? RAM requirements?
- SATA drives support has been added to the ISO kernels. Since I
don't have such hardware, I'm looking for reports!
- x86_64 specific : the ISO and the installed system are bi-arch.
This mean that you can run both 32 bits and 64 bits binaries.
Can the code for this be put into //sgl/sorcery/proj/proj2 (if it's
not already)?
- NPTL support : all installed system have NPTL enabled with the
2.6.9 kernel.
I believe people are wanting the following options for x86 (the rest
I'm not sure on):
* x86 2.4
* x86 2.6 non-NPTL
* x86 2.6 NPTL (optional)
Known bugs (no need to report them!):
- bug 7817 : optional spell list doesn't denote what's already opted
- bug 7853 : optional spell list should be pre-generated
- bug 7905 : IDE PNP support do not work
- bug 7925 : there is no 2.4 kernel
- bug 7939 : bash is still used on the initrd
- bug 7945 : there is no background work
- bug 7979 : installation destination size is not checked
- bug 7999 : ide-generic/ide-cd modules not found
Any ETA on when these will be fixed?
I'm sure i'm forgetting some bugs since I was not able to test all of
them (lack of hardware, ...).
That's why we put out test ISOs. :)
Reports are welcome on sm-discuss. Bugs are welcome on bugzilla
[3]. Could it be possible to "0.9.4-test2" in the version field of our
bugzilla so that people can report bugs on thoses ISOs?
Was done earlier this week.
Benoit PAPILLAULT, ISO guru
[1]
http://download.sourcemage.org/iso/?dir=benoit-testing-use-only-at-own-risk
[2] http://evms.sourceforge.net/
[3] http://bugs.sourcemage.org/
PS: Those ISOs are available since last Sunday, but this mail get lost apparently, so I'm resending it.
Thanks. :)
Let's not forget the ISO generation discussion as well, though. ;)
-sandalle
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Eric Sandall | Source Mage GNU/Linux Developer
eric AT sandall.us | http://www.sourcemage.org/
http://eric.sandall.us/ | SysAdmin @ Inst. Shock Physics @ WSU
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Re: [SM-Discuss] x86/ppc/x86_64 test ISO available
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- Re: [SM-Discuss] x86/ppc/x86_64 test ISO available, Jose Bernardo Silva, 01/27/2005
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Re: [SM-Discuss] x86/ppc/x86_64 test ISO available,
Eric Sandall, 01/27/2005
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FHS 2.3 (Was Re: [SM-Discuss] x86/ppc/x86_64 test ISO available),
Eric Sandall, 01/27/2005
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Re: FHS 2.3 (Was Re: [SM-Discuss] x86/ppc/x86_64 test ISO available),
Arwed von Merkatz, 01/27/2005
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[SM-Discuss] Re: FHS 2.3,
Eric Sandall, 01/27/2005
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Re: [SM-Discuss] Re: FHS 2.3,
Jeremy Kolb, 01/27/2005
- Re: [SM-Discuss] Re: FHS 2.3, Eric Sandall, 01/27/2005
- Re: [SM-Discuss] Re: FHS 2.3, Jeremy Kolb, 01/27/2005
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Re: [SM-Discuss] Re: FHS 2.3,
Jeremy Kolb, 01/27/2005
- Re: [SM-Discuss] Re: FHS 2.3, Andrew, 01/27/2005
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[SM-Discuss] Re: FHS 2.3,
Eric Sandall, 01/27/2005
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Re: FHS 2.3 (Was Re: [SM-Discuss] x86/ppc/x86_64 test ISO available),
Arwed von Merkatz, 01/27/2005
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FHS 2.3 (Was Re: [SM-Discuss] x86/ppc/x86_64 test ISO available),
Eric Sandall, 01/27/2005
- Re: [SM-Discuss] x86/ppc/x86_64 test ISO available, Benoit PAPILLAULT, 01/27/2005
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Re: [SM-Discuss] x86/ppc/x86_64 test ISO available,
Mathieu L., 01/27/2005
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Re: [SM-Discuss] x86/ppc/x86_64 test ISO available,
Eric Sandall, 01/27/2005
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Re: [SM-Discuss] x86/ppc/x86_64 test ISO available,
Karsten Behrmann, 01/27/2005
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Re: [SM-Discuss] x86/ppc/x86_64 test ISO available,
Seth Alan Woolley, 01/27/2005
- Re: [SM-Discuss] x86/ppc/x86_64 test ISO available, Karsten Behrmann, 01/27/2005
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Re: [SM-Discuss] x86/ppc/x86_64 test ISO available,
Seth Alan Woolley, 01/27/2005
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Re: [SM-Discuss] x86/ppc/x86_64 test ISO available,
Karsten Behrmann, 01/27/2005
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Re: [SM-Discuss] x86/ppc/x86_64 test ISO available,
Eric Sandall, 01/27/2005
- Re: [SM-Discuss] testing ISO move, Eric Sandall, 01/29/2005
- [SM-Discuss] Re: [SM-Announce] testing ISO move, VladimĂr Marek, 01/31/2005
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