Fedora follies

[David A. Bandel]

On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 8:45 PM, Ken Moffat <kmoffat at drizzle.com> wrote:
> David A. Bandel wrote:
>>
>> Was asked if I wanted GRUB or nothing (??? no LILO?).  Guess I'll have
>> to rip out grub by the shorthairs later, once I can find a LILO RPM.
>>
>> Then the install failed.  Something about it couldn't find the repo
>> file, pls check the install tree. WTFO?
>>
>>
>
> I just installed an fc9 partition, and had similar problems. I use grub
> (doesn't everyone?  ;-) ) and installed it to /dev/hdb3, the root
> partition for the fc9 install, then tried to chainload to it from my
> normal grub install, but no go for some reason. So copied the lines from
> menu.lst to my regular menu.lst, adjusted the device (detection was
> different with fc9) and it booted.
>
> However, the default vesa driver doesn't work with my built in radeon
> video, so changed that to 'radeon' and now that works, but no text mode
> (ctrl-alt-f[n]), just an error, input not supported. The boot process
> disappears after a few seconds, showing the same error.
>
> I used the netinst.iso, which asks for a repository, which I found on
> the google, and it worked well. I must say, fc9 is pretty, the gnome
> look is nice. I've been using debian sid, and will probably stick with
> it, but will try fedora for a bit.
>

So the repo isn't in the netinst.iso?  No wonder I can't find it.  I'm
questioning the FC thinking process (or lack thereof).

Well, I queried the developers and they had me try fc10beta.  Bottom
line: As of FC10, FC can no longer be installed on systems with less
than about 384Mb RAM (my 256Mb system will not install).  The OOM
killer keeps killing critical processes and everything just stops.

I'm glad to see they have considered the chilling effect this will
have on 3d world countries where most of my clients desktop systems
still have only 128Mb of RAM.  The text install is deprecated (i.e.,
doesn't even work in FC10) and will be removed RSN.

So much for my foray back into the RPM world.  I just would have liked
to have an RPM system for compare/contrast a book I am working on.

Anyone have any recommendations for a mainstream RPM distro not FC?
Perhaps a different one will be a little more accomodating, especially
to those who don't have the computer equivalent of a SUV.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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