On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 08:52:37AM -0500, Charles Fultz wrote:
> > I know many of you are still working on actually installing. I've fixed
> > all the problems I've received reports for thus far. How's everyones'
> > progress with installation?
>
> I'm in the process of dl'ing a new ISO right now. If I have problems
> with this one, I'll just wait till Slack/sparc goes production. I've
> burnt 3 CD's now and have not been able to get a successful install
> from any of the three on three different machines.
>
> > Like the subject says, I got Mozilla 0.6 built today and it works. I've
> > tried three times before and each build segfaulting. But I've been using
> > it for a while today with no problems. Netscape 4.51 is being pulled from
> > the tree and is being replaced with Mozilla. The Linux/SPARC Netscape has
> > not been maintained in years, so I might as well go with Mozilla.
>
> Firstly, let me say that I'm _very_ grateful that you're working on
> Slack for Sparc! I was just about to tackle it myself before you came
> along and said that you had already begun work.
>
> However, I have to ask why you're working on non-important stuff like
> Mozilla, KDE, and Gnome, when people are still having problems just
> getting a base system installed. I, personally, will build X myself,
> and probably won't even use a web browser on my sparc. Also,
> personally again, I don't use KDE or Gnome, and wouldn't even dream
> of using them a Sparc LX or Sparc5. I'm just anxiously awaiting an
> ISO that will work with my Sparc.
How about a small bootable ISO that you can download from the rsync server
as well as the big giant one that's already there? I was thinking the
/kernels directory, /images, /boot, and /slakware/a1. That should put it
under 100 MB to download.
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David Cantrell | david@slackware.com *
KG6CII | Slackware Linux Project
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