Re: [Vectorlinux-devel] First beta rollout of SOHO 6.0 (testing) B1.4

[uel a. <ue...@gm...>]

1.7 is up and should fix the ntfs lockup problem




On 11/7/09, uel archuletta <ue...@gm...> wrote:
>
> OK
> 1.5 is up now and it fixes it here for me, can you try it and see how it
> goes there?
>
> Thanks,
> Uel
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 2:32 PM, uel archuletta <ue...@gm...> wrote:
>
>> Give me a bit to try and figure this out here, then i will get another ISO
>> up today.
>> I will make sure to get the fuse module back in also.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Newt <gen...@gm...> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I thought I'd try the latest B1.4 but have run into the same problems
>>> that do not
>>> allow me to continue the installation. The problems that I run into are:
>>>
>>> 1) The gbr2 installer that starts automatically cannot find the install
>>> source. It
>>> hangs/stalls indefinitely and I have to actually kill the process to get
>>> it to
>>> quit.
>>>
>>> 2) Running the installer from the IDE cannot find my ISOs which sit at
>>> the root of
>>> an ntfs partition. The good part is that the installer never
>>> hangs/stalls, but I
>>> cannot actually continue the installation.
>>>
>>> I decided I would try mounting my ntfs partition to make sure the ISOs
>>> are sitting
>>> at the root of it, and determined that the installer environment
>>> (initrd?) cannot
>>> mount ntfs partitions. I get an error message describing missing modules
>>> and that
>>> I should try 'modprobe fuse' first. So then I tried 'modprobe fuse' and
>>> received
>>> a similar error message about missing modules. The best I can guess is
>>> that my
>>> problems with the IDE installer not finding the installation ISOs (#2) is
>>> due to
>>> this ntfs-mounting problem. Did something change between B1.2 and B1.3
>>> regarding
>>> ntfs/modules/fuse/etc?
>>>
>>> However, the other issue (#1) is a different beast. I cannot determine
>>> why the
>>> gbr2 installer would just hang but the IDE installer would run fine, and
>>> don't
>>> have enough knowledge to "see" what's going on when the grb2 installer
>>> hang. It
>>> actually hangs before the status message starts cycling through any of my
>>> devices.
>>>
>>> All in all, I would guess that my problems are pretty specific to me
>>> (i.e.
>>> iso-install located on root of ntfs partition) and that 99% of other
>>> folks won't
>>> run into the same problems so it may not be worth the effort to make this
>>> work for
>>> me.
>>>
>>> My next attempt will be to actually burn the discs and see how that goes.
>>> I'll be
>>> sure to let you all know.
>>>
>>> Cheers, newt
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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