More experiences with Spherical Cow

[Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R]

Lately I have been able to install new versions of Spherical Cow
using pxeboot with the liveos squashfs.  Installing over a
gigabit Ethernet is orders of magnitude faster than burning
a DVD-RW and watching it grinding away "forever" during
the install.

Today I installed "xfce", dev libs, and dev tools.  attempts to
install a more useful set failed with broken resolution.

The root password dialog is missing one or more error messages.
I have to assume what the issue is and fake it.  Not luser friendly.

I still see no sign of ability to do custom disk partitioning.

The firstboot date dialog cannot set network time, claiming
it can't write ntp.conf.      When I run admin/date to turn on
network time it fails, complaining it can't contact any time servers.

Spherical Cow is one sick puppy right now.

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Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R     caf at omen.com   www.omen.com
Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications
   Omen Technology Inc      "The High Reliability Software"
10255 NW Old Cornelius Pass Portland OR 97231   503-614-0430