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On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 05:29:58PM -0400, derosa wrote: |
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> I'm not sure if this has been resolved or not, but I think the problem lies |
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> with the isolinux boot process, I recently tried this on a Dec Prioris dual |
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> pentium machine, and the system hangs just as the boot is starting. |
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I think that our bootcd has some i686 code on it. Sorry about that. As soon |
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as the rc6 build image is set and some portage upgrades are made, I'll be |
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tackling a new bootcd that will be based on an i486 build image, totally |
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eliminating this problem. |
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> I will most likely drag the machine from work to home, where I have no |
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> firewall to deal with, and try to bootstrap Rc6. I have been able to get the |
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> boot disk with rescue image to start off, but I cannot mount the iso file |
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> system so the built image is unusable. Is this being addressed in Rc6 ?? If |
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> you need a test person I volenteer. |
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I'll post here when we have a rc6 CD available for testing. For bootstrapping |
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rc6, use the new -r3 build image and follow the included README. |
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Best Regards, |
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Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> |
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Chief Architect/President http://www.gentoo.org |
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Gentoo Technologies, Inc. |
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