Hi Chris,
Do you want me to test this out? I don't mind at all.
Would the currently rsync'd stuff have the one you are
testing? Let me know.
-Octave
--- Chris Lumens <chris@slackware.com> wrote:
> > > I think the NFS install problem in the installer
> is a potential
> > > showstopper, but I'll probably go ahead even if
> it hasn't been resolved.
> > > Are there any other major fire-causing bugs?
> >
> > Found and fixed. Check out the ALphaLinux FAQ at
> the following URL for
> > the answer:
> >
> > http://www.alphalinux.org/faq/FAQ-1.html#ss1.3
> >
> > The specific question that gave me the answer is
> the "vi handles
> > keystrokes in batches of four." The solution was
> to put stty in /bin and
> > add "stty of '^a'" to /etc/profile. I am now
> officially pressing my luck
> > on the rootdisk size issue.
> >
> > This fixes the following:
> >
> > - elvis not working on rootdisk
> > - nfs intall getting all messed up
> > - root password prompt getting all messed up
> > - dead terminal once setup is done
>
> I was ever so wrong. The problem does not appear to
> be terminal related
> (though doing the stty thing does fix elvis, yay!).
> But I believe I fixed
> it and I'm testing the installer now. And I might
> test it again before I
> sync out, just to make doubly sure that I've got it
> figured out now.
>
> The problem appears to have been a segfault in
> SeTpartitions that went by
> too fast to read. But I caught it and saw what was
> going on. I believe
> this will also fix the problem of not being able to
> set the block size on
> the root partition.
>
> I hope to have this sunc out within an hour or two,
> but be watching the
> changelog. I'm going to make sure I've got it
> before syncing anything
> out.
>
> --
> Chris Lumens - chris@slackware.com - KG6CIH
>
@n=(-42,-85,-83,-19,65,2,-10,-10,-15,-3,2,-10,73,-4,8,-4,2,79,8,17,15,7,14,2);
> print map{chr(-$n[$i++]+ord)} sort(split(//,'place
> random string here')),"\n";
>
>
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