Almost, but not quite there DVD x86_64
by Chuck Adams
Some one smarter than me can help on this one.
Hopefully I have not made any typos in the following.
For those that have downloaded the FC3t2 DVD.iso file
and found it too large. And this is not for the faint of heart.
I pay $0.49 or so for DVD blank discs and money is not an
object, but I have made some coasters over the past few days.... :-)
Here is what I have done, but it lacks one or more thing(s) that I don't know,
so some one can finish where I screwed up...... If I happen to be on
the right track. This for the obsessive compulsive that want to
get this going this weekend.
As root run through all the following commands:
mkdir /tmp/newDVD
(go to the directory where you have the iso file for FC3t2)
mount FC3-test2-x86_64-DVD.iso -r -t iso9660 -o loop /mnt
cd /mnt
cp -r .discinfo * /tmp/newDVD
(at this point you can leisurely move to the kitchen and make
yourself a peanut butter and banana sandwich and chow down
with a glass of milk) :-)
Now you have the expanded DVD in /tmp/newDVD.
Go to
http://www.k7qo.net/rmscript
and you'll find a script that will remove the *.i386.rpm files that
are duplicated by a *.x86_64.rpm file. Put this script in a directory
and
chmod +x rmscript
Now execute the script
./rmscript
You now have a directory structure without the unneeded rpm's for the i386
and this is where there is an option that is needed that I don't know about.
I did a
mkisofs -U -R /tmp/newDVD > /tmp/FC3t2DVD.iso
and I was able to generate a new iso file. I then used K3b to generate
a new DVD but it will not boot. vmlinuz is not uncompressed and then
the loading process is not started..... The file system on this DVD, when
mounted looks
good but something is missing. email me direct if you know what I
did wrong and I'll then repost (if desired) all the necessary steps.
I don't mind the time or the money......
I have a C code that runs in less than 18K (thus L1 cache) in the
AMD Athlon 64. It is a serious 64-bit floating point code that will
bring any system to it's knees. It runs 33%+ faster than an AMD
Athlon XP at the same clock speed (2GHz). Monte Carlo simulation
of electromagnetic transport in real planetary atmospheres......
I have some cases that take over 11hrs to run and then spit out
a few hundred numbers through stdout. So you can see the obsession
for getting an AMD64 running full tilt ASAP.
Again, help appreciated. And hoping that I don't get banned.
TIA
Chuck Adams, K7QO CP-60 WPM
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19 years, 9 months
unable to install new kernel linux-2.6.8.1
by amit kumar
while installing the new kernel i found certain
errors.i 'll explain wat i did from the start:
initially i gunzipped that file in the folder
linux-2.6.8.1 in /usr/src/.then i form the bzimage of
the kernel and also save it into the
/kernel/mynewkernel/.
in the samefolder i save the the System.map from the
/usr/src/linux-2.6.8.1/.after that i did make modules
and make menuconfig. after that i changed the menu.lst
file of /boot/grub/.in which i wrote the following
line
title Linux 2.6.8.1 with all my new configuration
root (hd0,8)
kernel /boot/mynewkernel root=/dev/hda9
then i restart the computer i m getting the
linux-2.6.8.1 but when i press enter on that it gives
error in line 15.
or cannot mount.
who ever want to reply plzz reply
ammy
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19 years, 9 months
Apt-get FC3T2?
by Mike Loiterman
Anyone using apt-get with the new Test 2 release?
If so, any special config options?
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19 years, 9 months
Bittorrent and Download FC3
by Gordon McCague
"About the problems ftp'ing FC3 images: Bittorrent is your
friend. You may not be able to contribute back as much as
you downloaded, but every gigabyte of bandwidth helps."
I tried Bittorrent first on Linux without success. The disks would not
boot correctly. It is certainly possible that I made a mistake in
creating the disks but wanted to use tried and true FTP to make sure I
had decent files. It appears that the images I received from Limestone
are perfect. Now on to the installation!
--
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19 years, 9 months
text mode install off rescue CD
by Justin Georgeson
After running into the anticipated Anaconda crapping out problem trying
to install FC3T2 on my dell insprion 2600, I tried using both "linux
nofb" and "linux text" with no change. What really shocked me was that
"linux text" tried to launch the GUI installer. Anyone else seeing
this? Should I bugzilla (I don't see any existing bur reports for it)
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19 years, 9 months
why don't my udev 1394 rules work?
by sean darcy
I'm trying to use rules to set up prsistent 1394 devices.
Following some googled advice I created a 10-udev.rules files in
/etc/udev/rules.d:
BUS="ieee1394" , SYSFS{name}="DV/1394 Driver" , NAME="dv1394"
BUS="ieee1394" , SYSFS{name}="raw1394 Driver" , NAME="raw1394"
based on
udevinfo -a -p /sys/bus/ieee1394/drivers/dv1394/
looking at class device '/sys/bus/ieee1394/drivers/dv1394':
SYSFS{device_ids}="specifier_id=0x00a02d,version=0x010001"
SYSFS{name}="DV/1394 Driver"
and:
udevinfo -a -p /sys/bus/ieee1394/drivers/raw1394/
looking at class device '/sys/bus/ieee1394/drivers/raw1394':
SYSFS{name}="raw1394 Driver"
Rebooted 2.6.8-1.541 and expected to see /dev/dv1394 and /dev/raw1394.
But I didn't. How come? What do I need to do?
sean
19 years, 9 months
Various computer installs and results.
by Jim Cornette
First test was with an XP guest and installing clean. The install went
fine. On a reboot, the kernel did panic.
Second test was an upgrade on a Dell w/ the 828656 graphics controller.
All went well with this upgrade.
Installing on a Rocky 3705 SBC w/ an SIS630E chipset. This installation
took well. There was no problem.
Next with a nova-7895 SBC. SIS 630ST chipset. The installation went
without flaws also.
Now, with the computer with the 815 chipset. I started to do a graphics
install. I got as far as the portion where the installations were
detected. I then tried to do a clean istallation. I had colored lines
running across my monitor and had to alt-sysreq-b and the computer
rebooted. Trying a graphics installation again. I did not even get as
far as previous before the colored lines striped my monitor.
alt-sysreq-b rebooted the computer. Now proceeding to do a text upgrade
on one of the installations. This seems to be proceeding normally.
After doing a few fresh installs, I think that the default background
image makes a great representation and is a good choice. As far as the
clean installations done today. All of them were allowed to
automatically partition the disk and installed LVMs for volumes. This
went smoothly for a fresh install.
I have not inserted the radeon 7200 graphics controller to test this
card yet. I plan on trying this later to see if I also get the sassar
type reboot problem that was mentioned earlier.
Jim
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19 years, 9 months
FC3-test2-x86_64-DVD.iso image too big to burn to DVD?
by Jeff Johnson
Greetings,
I pulled the FC3-test2-x86_64-DVD.iso image via bittorrent but I am
unable to burn the image to DVD. The md5sum of the downloaded version
matches what is listed. I have tried several different makes of 4.7GB
media and burn packages (xcdroast, cdrecord-prodvd, Nero/Windows) and
every one claims the image is too big to burn to DVD. Could the DVD
image posted for download be actually too large to be written to media?
Thanks!
Jeff
19 years, 9 months
Can't install Fedora Core 3 test2 for AMD64
by Andrius
I have recently downloaded Fedora Core 3 test2 for AMD64. However I
can't install it. I got an error message "Bug: Assertion (heads > 0) at
disk_dos.c:471 in function probe_partition_for_geom() failed.". If I
press cancel, I can go further through installation steps, however it
stops with the same problem when it is time to copy packages to hard
drive. Is it known problem?
My computer is:
AMD Athlon64 3200+
Apacer 512 MB RAM
Sapphire Radeon 9200SE
Gigabyte GA-K8VT800 motherboard
Seagate ST3120026AS 120GB hard drive
19 years, 9 months