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[Thomas Orgis <thomas-forum AT orgis.org>]

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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