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  • From: Jonathan Kelly <jonkelly AT inspired.net.au>
  • To: sm-users AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Users] Install weirdness
  • Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 09:25:42 +1000

On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 13:48:41 -0400
"Sergey A. Lipnevich" <sergey AT optimaltec.com> wrote:

> Eric Sandall wrote:
>
> >I just installed from the 0.6 ISO last night (athlon-xp, combreloc,
> >strip) and had no such problems.
> >
> >Process:
> >
> >1) Install from CD
> >2) Reboot into SMGL
> >3) copy NVIDIA_nforce tarball from floppy to /var/spool/sorcery
> >4) 'cast -r -c NVIDIA_nforce'
> >
> I didn't know we have that. My hopes are back!
>
> >5) Setup networking
> >6) 'cast -r -c portmap nfs-utils'
> >7) 'mount hellhound:/var/spool/sorcery /var/spool/sorcery'
> >8) 'scribe rem stable' (and remove it from /etc/sorcery/local/grimoire)
> >9) 'scribe add devel'
> >
> And this downloaded devel grimoire so you didn't have to `sorcery
> system-update'?
>
> >10) 'sorcery update'
> >
> Doesn't update grimoire, only sorcery.
>
> >11) 'cast -r -c gcc glibc' (to get gcc 3.3 and glibc setup properly)
> >12) 'sorcery rebuild'
> >
> >I did have problems with console-tools and flex compiling, and the
> >'recompile dependencies on zlib?' question took a while to finish. The
> >machine now is setting up X, so all seems to be good.
> ><snip>
> >
> That probably means that the ISO contains bad sorcery code which shows
> up with kernel 2.4. We probably have to instruct people to set up
> networking right after reboot and upgrade to the latest sorcery right
> away before rebuilding.

Perhaps HERE might be a good place to add a hint as to how to do that
("upgrade to latest sorcery") or is that a secret too? (Sorry, I'm in
frustration-induced-sarcasm mode)

>
> Sergey.
>
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