[Rule-list] RULE miniconda 0.1.1 test on PC #1

[Martin Stricker]

Devon wrote:

> On Monday 11 March 2002 06:45 pm, Martin Stricker wrote:

> > Bad luck, I/O error (I hate these floppies!). Weird enough, it
> > took the installer 7 minutes until finishing with signal 25 while
> > working hard on the hard drive (kswapd I guess).
> 
> The installer now offers to let you continue trying disks until you
> get a good one. Make a few, keep a spare handy :)

Your version might, but 0.1.1 doesn't... ;-)) I finnaly got tired of
`swapoff /dev/hda1` ...

> > Interesting side note: halt ended in a
> > kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
> > *snicker*
> 
> I haven't looked at this. Reboot seems to be handled fine.

It first told me to [Ctrl][Alt][Del] to shut off power, but some seconds
later this kernel panic appeared, and to shut off power I had to use the
power button (ATX power supply, capable of auto-powerdown).

> > BTW two enhancement requests:
> > 1) I would like to use my German keyboard layout as soon as possible
> > during installation - it's tough to remember all these keys when
> > they are not visible on the keyboard...
> 
> Which keymap do you use? Which ones should we include? We have the
> ability to load a keymap if desired. If you give me the name of the
> file you currently use, I'll see what i can do about getting this
> working.

de-latin1-nodeadkeys (the preselection for German installer language in
Anaconda text install, interestingly de-latin1 is preselection in X
install, but I want my backticks ` and carrets ^ to appear instantly).
That was the nice thing about modifying anaconda: All the
internationalization was already there.

You should squeeze as much internationalization into the installer as
possible. Among our testers are an Italian (Marco), a Belgian (Benoit,
looking at your name I guess you want a French keyboard rather than a
Netherlands) and a German (me). Furthermore, one of our main target
groups beeing underdeveloped countries we will match very much by having
French, Spanish and Portugese available - and some Asian languages.

> > 2) Start another shell on VT2 so I can see what's going on when the
> > installer seems to hang...
> 
> This is done already, and will be in v0.1.2 which I plan on making
> available this evening sometime.

*gnawling on my fingernails waiting patientlessly* ;=D

> Additionally:
> The latest version no longer requires running several scripts.
> Login, cd scripts, execute ./setup.sh.

Do I read this correctly as "The installer now does the partitioning"?

> The installer prompts for input when required, and runs through
> completion without the user having to enter any commands.
> Additionally, it prompts to install lilo (allowing you to say 'no') as
> well as creating a boot disk.

Wonderful! Cannot wait to test, but I'll go to bed now - 01:10 AM...

Best regards,
Martin Stricker
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