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anarki

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Registered: 2005-12-24

Posts: 8

Which version to install?

How much is stable 0.7.1pre1 right now?
Is it safe to download and install that one or I have to install 0.7?

tnx

whargoul

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From: Odense, Denmark

Registered: 2005-04-04

Posts: 546

Re: Which version to install?

It shouldn't be a big problem to install 0.7.1 with 0.7 install-CD. I did one time, and it perfectly. You just have to now what you're doing before installing.

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Moo-Crumpus

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From: Hessen / Germany

Registered: 2003-12-01

Posts: 1,488

Re: Which version to install?

7.1 pre was doing well on ide systems, so it was reported. I tested sata / scsi, and had some issue if the installation source cdrom was scsi. Then you'ld just run

mknod /dev/scd0 b 11 0

before doing the install, and thats it. Hm, haven't installed from sata cd yet.

But the rest is doing well. Go for 7.1 pre.

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anarki

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Registered: 2005-12-24

Posts: 8

Re: Which version to install?

Ok, tnx.

btw: Can someone tell me wich version of gcc is used to compile kernel on 0.7.1pre, and is it version of gcc aviable on CD?

jerem

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From: France

Registered: 2005-01-15

Posts: 310

Re: Which version to install?

The 0.7.1pre1 install CD didn't manage to create usable nodes for my external USB dvd reader.
That seems to be a common problem among all distros. For now, just Gentoo has corrected this, and I heard Arch was on track to correct it too.

Nevertheless, a 0.7 cd ftp install did its job perfectly ( just had to use good ol' device naming scheme /dev/hdX ).

Moo-Crumpus

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From: Hessen / Germany

Registered: 2003-12-01

Posts: 1,488

Re: Which version to install?

jerem, had you posted a bug report? A lot of peaople don't report bugs. If not, please be so kind to do.

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jerem

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From: France

Registered: 2005-01-15

Posts: 310

Re: Which version to install?

A post already deals with this issue, and it seems that the bug is known and about to be fixed.

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=16494

Concerning bug reports, I rarely dare to post one, because my "bugs" are mainly caused by my own mistakes or misunderstanding.

I don't want to post false bugs, thus annoying the devs with stupid and easy-to-fix problems.

Moo-Crumpus

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From: Hessen / Germany

Registered: 2003-12-01

Posts: 1,488

Re: Which version to install?

in case of installers do not create nodes, what could a user made wrong, humh?

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