[Rule-list] Test: RULE 0.5.3

[Devon]

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On Tuesday 19 February 2002 09:17 pm, Martin Stricker wrote:
> So I finally finished downloading 0.5.3, but had not yet the time to
> get 0.6.0, but I wanted to test, so here it goes...

> linux mem=8M failed! Not enough memory! *grumble* Today I saw on
> enigma-list a thread where someone got RHL 7.2 working on his 8 MB 386
> laptop (after installing on a different machine and switching disks).
> So RULE *should* support 8 MB installs! Devon, could you please throw
> out that restriction completely? I'll then test the install descending
> 1 MB each time so we can find out how much memory *is* necessary.

I will get rid of the memory restriction in the next test version. 
However, currently I am pretty sure the installer will fail on 8MB.
Matter of fact, I'll try it now myself. The last time I tried, I let it 
sit for 2 hours at "Starting Anaconda..."

> linux mem=12M worked fine. I chose German language, and found the
> "Wenig Speicher" install option. Nice touch, devon, thanks! 

Thank the authors of the anaconda installer. 
My German is a little rusty, as I haven't used it in 20 years. In fact, 
it wasn't very good 20 years ago, either. :)

> Weird enough, this turns up unresolved dependencies: up2date is whining
> for python, rpm-python, python-xmlrpc, gnupg and rhn-register, and then
> python for gmp. That's not good, the base install as well as any of the
> additional options should satisfy all their dependencies. Also since
> up2date is network-based it should be included in one of the additional
> network options rather than in the base install. But maybe 0.6.0 fixes
> that, too.

Resolved in the 0.6.2 release. 
Base install has no unsatisfied deps. Do remember to manually add the 
net-tools package. I'll try to get a new image uploaded later to fix that.

up2date has been moved to the network support sub-catagory.

> I chose to install the additional packages, too. The install started,
> the estimated time grew ad grew, and finally got up to 23:43 min.
> Altogether the install took 38 minutes. The system booted flawlessly
> into linux mem=12M.

I'm fairly pleased with the 12M working. I'd like 8M as well, but 12 is a 
large improvement. I do have a few ideas for slimming it down more.

> I'll do more testing with 0.6.0 tomorrow (actually, today, it's 3 AM
> already, yawn). Devon, if you could remove the memory check completely
> I'll try how low I can go (with 128 MB swap first, later I'll decrease
> swap, too). I'll take half an hour without doing *anything* visible as
> a failure (don't have that much time testing). Oh, and could you put
> your first ISO up again, I would like to get it, too (will take 2 days,
> though). I'm always collecting all the versions. BTW, has someone boxed
> sets to sell of RHL 6.1, 6.2 or 5.2 and lower? I'd like to get them,
> too...

I think I have official CDs for the releases mentioned above. I'd be 
happy to make copies and ship them to you. I don't want to part with the 
official set though. :) I can save you the download and ship the first 
version of the installer if you'd like as well.

> Excellent job, Devon!

Thank you, and thanks to all for input, testing, etc.

Now that we have a functional installer, we can begin deciding what 
packages we want to add/remove in terms of window managers, etc.
I nominate Marco to handle that. :)

Once we have that, we can begin modifying the comps file to handle it.
Keep in mind that we are limited as to what we can add. Every addition 
increases the overall memory footprint of the installer.

- -D

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