2005.1 new cool installer, works?

eshep · n00b Joined: 22 Apr 2005 Posts: 7 Location: Okinawa, Japan

Just wondering if anyone else has had problems with the installer. I tried about five different ways today and it kept crapping out on me. One time I thought it was working but it just stalled at the partitioning stage.

I've installed gentoo by hand quite a few times. I'm still quite the noob so it makes good practice for me. But it would be real nice if this installer worked. If you ask me, it's the best thing thats happened to gentoo since my prism54 card worked durring install on the 2005.0 cd.

I know vidalinux is another option, now that 1.2 is out. But I still like just the raw gentoo better. Oh well, guess it's back to the original install style.

dundas · Guru Joined: 16 Dec 2004 Posts: 317 Location: China, Earth

I also wonder anyone succeeded using the experimental installer to install 2005.1.

But it doesn't support ReiserFS, or RAID yet. (They dont like ReiserFS, isn't it a bit better than ext3?)
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ph03n1x · l33t Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Posts: 756

dundas think of the fact that it is still experimental I bet there will be reiserfs and raid in the final version...

It would be nice if someone could take some screenshots...

dundas · Guru Joined: 16 Dec 2004 Posts: 317 Location: China, Earth

alright buddy, it's worth waiting though.
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Naib · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:47 am Post subject:

eshep · n00b Joined: 22 Apr 2005 Posts: 7 Location: Okinawa, Japan

Naib · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 12:05 pm Post subject:

just because you have never had any problems doesnt mean they dont exist.
I ahve never got a computer virus on my system, does that mean they dont exist

and yes there are problems with ReisterFS with reliablity - have a search. Ext2/3 is the must robust be it (slightly) slower then Reister.
BUT is such a minor speed difference so important for home use of data integraty?
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ph03n1x · l33t Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Posts: 756

Well I agree with your argumentation about viri etc.

But I'm using reiser here since around 3 years and I never had the slightest problem. And a lot of other users as well. Your argumentation does also apply to ext2/3 so it's not really saying anything.

eshep · n00b Joined: 22 Apr 2005 Posts: 7 Location: Okinawa, Japan

This is moving a little off topic here. Let's get back on track.

Has anyone been able to get the installer to work? If so, how?

lokoalex · Apprentice Joined: 02 Dec 2004 Posts: 165 Location: Jersey

Im downloading the ISO as I type. I will post my results of the new installer as soon as I tinker with it a bit. Hope all goes well. Cant wait to see what it looks like.
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Rukie · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:27 pm Post subject:

first problem, if you leave the computer and the screensaver comes on, your locked out :p

Second... I don't understand how it wants to find a stage tarball, I select stage 3 but it seems to keep wanting me to enter a URL or something.... "Stage Tarball Directory" or something like that...

Third... you can't adjust your system too much, its picky

When my amd 1400 processor is overclocked it says no, when I'm running with 1gig of memory it says no, so I have to run with 512.. if it fails an install while doing partitioning, you gotta delete the partition tables and start over...

as I've said.. picky

but overall, once bugs are fixed/etc... I think this will be GREAT for all the windows converting to linux newbies :p

although, what I don't like, is I can't seem to use any commands through a terminal, no command found/etc...

well, those are my 2 cents, n stuff..

if any1 can explain the stage a little bit better I'd be happy

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G F0rce 1 · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:18 pm Post subject:

Screenshots can be found here.
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ph03n1x · l33t Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Posts: 756

Ah there they are

Looks nice, cheers

eshep · n00b Joined: 22 Apr 2005 Posts: 7 Location: Okinawa, Japan

Rukie · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:47 pm Post subject:

True.... hand installs are good...

the thing I don't like about this install the most, is if you go AFK, the screensaver will lock you out lol
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kimchi_sg · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 10:16 pm Post subject:

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Ulukay · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 08 Oct 2002 Posts: 143

maybe i'm a reiserfs fanboy (although i'm using ext2 and xfs too)
but ext3 is way to unstable for my homepcs and our production servers.
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Tiger · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 25 Apr 2002 Posts: 77

Tried three times this weekend and each failed miserably.
Back to the tried and true manual method.
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Kuhndog86 · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 6:21 pm Post subject:

Where do I get this nifty installer to try it out? I have looked at the mirrors under experimantal, but it doesn't seem to be there and the bittorrent tracker is down for maintenence. Anybody got a link to the iso?

Thanks
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nixnut · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 6:26 pm Post subject:

Kuhndog86 · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 6:28 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the quick response. What is the name of the file. I see an iso called dolphin-i686-2005.0-r2.iso and another called livecd-x86-2005.1.iso. Which one is it?
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lokoalex · Apprentice Joined: 02 Dec 2004 Posts: 165 Location: Jersey

You do not want to mess with the installer trust me. It has many problems.
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