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Re: RH7.2 installer - updates disk

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Subject: Re: RH7.2 installer - updates disk
From: Víctor Reinaldo Prada Jiménez <vprada@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 17:57:23 -0400
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Eric Sandeen escribió:

Hello

using this new installer and this updates disk i can install grub as
boot loader...
when all yhe packahes has been installed the installer prompt a window
saying that the
next step is install the bootloader and then make an error..

"RuntimeError /sbin/grub-install can not be run"

anyone else has seen this error??

Thanks
Victor Prada

> There's an updates disk image at
>
> ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/download/testing/RH7.2-installer/updates-Nov07-13.img
>
> CHANGELOG:
>
> updates-Nov07-12.img:
>
> * Add time that bootloader install waits before trying grub
>   (temp workaround for fs/grub interaction problems)
> * Skip past SGI screen during kickstart
> * Remove "registered" character from first screen, GTK didn't like it.
> * Allow setting of labels on XFS filesystems
> * Do not allow bootloader to be placed on 1st sector of XFS partition
>
> The delay for grub is a bit excessive, but it works for now until a
> better solution is found.
>
> To use the updates disk, dd it to a floppy:
>
> dd if=updates-Nov07-12.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k
>
> and then run "linux updates" at the installer prompt.
>
> Have fun,
>
> -Eric
>
> --
> Eric Sandeen      XFS for Linux     http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs
> sandeen@xxxxxxx   SGI, Inc.


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