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On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 01:00:04AM -0400, Jerry A! wrote: |
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> I understand. But looking at things, I'm curious, is the current cd |
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> using devfs? If so, then anyone who needs to use a pcmcia cdrom to boot |
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> will be out of luck. I believe that we would need to install a kernel |
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> which supports pcmcia and have cardmangler installed to correctly |
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> register pcmcia devices. |
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> Anyway to install an rc3 system and bring it up to date? |
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The current CD doesn't use devfs by default, but it is supported. Also note |
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that we haven't actually tested Gentoo Linux on a laptop yet -- and PCMCIA |
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support doesn't exist yet. Is that something you'd be interested in fixing? |
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Yes, it's possible to install rc3 and bring it up-to-date -- if you're careful. |
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cvs.gentoo.org is an updated rc3 system, but, err... I'd wait for rc4 if you |
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can. Actually, it'll be called rc5 since there have been so many improvements |
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in the last two months. :)) |
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Sorry that I don't have a distribution ready for you, but we will soon. For |
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now, if you want a distro on your laptop, I'd recommend installing a |
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mini-distro with laptop support and then using Achim's build.tbz2 file to get |
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Gentoo Linux up and running on a new partition. You may need to add a few |
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ebuilds (for laptop support) along the way. If you have the time and the |
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patience, go for it -- otherwise, hold tight for a week or so. |
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Best Regards, |
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Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> |
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President/CEO http://www.gentoo.org |
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Gentoo Technologies, Inc. |
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