From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Andrew - Sun MDE Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 15:35:08 +0000 Subject: Suggestion for linux install Message-Id: List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: ultralinux@vger.kernel.org Hi folks, As I was installing Linux on my Ultra5, the script stopped and told me that it could not find a binutils file. There was one in the RPMS, but it was a later rev than the script wanted. I don't know why the script decided it needed that particular rev, but the only alternative offered me was "ok", so no binutils was loaded. Fortunately I did not need binutils for my installation at this time. I loaded the .106 kernel and everything dated up to June 24 into my server for this install. My suggestion is that when the script detects that a file is missing, it should also permit the installer to enter a file name to load in place of the one it is asking for (or to continue as now). This would eliminate the necessity of installing the file later, and could complete the install with all the correct stuff. By the way, the comps file dated April 16, which chooses what packages to load, wanted gtk and did not recognize gtk+ files, so I edited comp to choose gtk+. Also, several functions required glib, which is not called out in the comps file. Is there a new comps file coming/needed? David Andrew Tel: 978-442-2316 Internal: 22316 Market Development Engineer - I/O Technologies FAX: 978-442-1520 Sun Microsystems, 2 Omni Way - M/S UCHL02-102, Chelmsford, MA 01824 e-mail: david.andrew@sun.com