On 4/16/07, Joe Gilmour <jgilmour@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
Sorry for the late reply.
Ouch... i feel good without this word -> "sorry" ;-)
If your existing install uses hda3 then you may have your bios set up to use ide mode (or something like that). Also the cd rom would be the first disk if it's installed and you're using SATA.
i have resolved the issue. it had to do with "VIA PATA" driver which was not enabled by default. i learnt that from Gentoo,the one i am using now. CRUX lacks documentation. i think documentation need to include some information on compiling the Linux kernel. as an example. how about telling this in documentation: - frame-buffer modules - enabling "udf" support and compiling "jfs" or "reiserfs" support as built in and why so. - using "ALSA" rather than OSS (deprecated) i know all these because it took me 7-8 installations from scratch before i finally installed Gentoo. Documentation did awesome help.
I love CRUX for the same reasons. I learn a lot and I find I have more control over what's going on. I have been looking at Debian a bit lately though because I need 64bit for my database server.
i love the word "simplicity" and that ties very closely to the design of CRUX. i am using Gentoo now only because it has lots of documentation and earlier with CRUX 2.2, "prt-get" failed to handle dependencies, don't know why :-( -- http://arnuld.blogspot.com/
On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 06:11:00 +0000 arnuld <geek.arnuld@gmail.com> wrote:
i have resolved the issue. it had to do with "VIA PATA" driver which was not enabled by default. i learnt that from Gentoo,the one i am using now. CRUX lacks documentation. i think documentation need to include some information on compiling the Linux kernel. as an example. how about telling this in documentation:
It has been said before, and will probably be said again. CRUX is for experienced users. It is also low on man-power. Thus it makes NO sense whatsoever to waste time and effort on documenting issues that are not specific for the distribution. And compiling a kernel ought to be a pretty good example of something that is generally applicable across any distribution. IOW, a little bit of googling had saved you 7-8 installations of Gentoo.
- frame-buffer modules - enabling "udf" support and compiling "jfs" or "reiserfs" support as built in and why so. - using "ALSA" rather than OSS (deprecated)
More examples of things that aren't in anyway specific to CRUX, and where the experienced user is supposed to know that you can't boot a system without the kernel being able to read your root filesystem and the fact that OSS is deprecated. After all OSS has been deprecated for what, five years?
i know all these because it took me 7-8 installations from scratch before i finally installed Gentoo. Documentation did awesome help.
I guess we are all happy you found something that works for you.
i love the word "simplicity" and that ties very closely to the design of CRUX. i am using Gentoo now only because it has lots of documentation and earlier with CRUX 2.2, "prt-get" failed to handle dependencies, don't know why :-(
Yes, CRUX is simple. Simple however doesn't neccessarily translate into handholding (lots of distro specific documentation.) As for you prt-get troubles, well, just telling us you had "some problem" in the past doesn't really help, does it? All said and done, have fun with your shiny new gentoo. :D //treach
On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 08:37:13 +0200 treach <treachster@gmail.com> wrote:
Yes, CRUX is simple. Simple however doesn't neccessarily translate into handholding (lots of distro specific documentation.) As for you prt-get troubles, well, just telling us you had "some problem" in the past doesn't really help, does it?
As one of my maths lecturers used to say when discussing mathematical concepts, "Now this is really simple, but it's not easy." -- Lucas Hazel <lucas@die.net.au> ================================================= "Clothes make the man. Naked men are rarely taken seriously, or given employment." (Mark Twain) =================================================
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