Re: [Rule-list] slinky-v0.3.1

[Richard Kweskin]

On Sunday 20 October 2002 09:26 am, Michael Fratoni wrote:
>
> New slinky version is available.
>
Hello All

Picked up 8.0 personal for 60 euro and can now start with v0.3.1.

> As a work around for the time being, it installs the kernel-BOOT package
> on i386 and i486 machines. Not optimal, but it'll have to do for the time
> being. 

I downloaded kernel-2.4.18-17.8.0.i386.rpm from the update site, thinking that 
it wasn't going to be included. Is this the one Michael refers to?


> Until I get a chance to find a better solution, it is always
> possible to bring up networking, and install the updated i386 kernel from
> any mirror you like. (Red Hat did release updated kernel packages for the
> i386)
>

Or, rather, Michael says to download it?

> The installer now installs the optimized kernel for the machine (i586,
> i686) based on the output of 'uname -m'.
>

"installer" here means anaconda or slinky?

> All dependencies are satisfied for the base install and networking
> packages. I haven't tested the other sub packages yet. There are sure to
> be dependency problems with the other package options. Anyone testing, if
> you could run rpm -Va (after rebooting) and send the results along with a
> list of the package groups selected during install, it would be helpful.
>

Happy to oblige. Sorry for the silly questions.

Richard