Adventures with TC4

[Kevin Martin]

On 10/17/12 09:06, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote:
> 
> On 10/17/2012 06:21 AM, Kevin Martin wrote:
>> On 10/16/12 22:39, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote:
>>> I have installed TC4 netinst a couple of times.
>>> The problem with the screen going black during the default install remains.
>>>
>>> I did another install after changing "quiet" to "nomodeset" in netinst.
>>> This install proceeded properly, albeit at reduced resolution.
>>> (Modulo dealing with a non empty HD)
>>>
>>> The resulting system ran smoothly but still at less than full 1920x1080 res.
>>> I successfully installed both the current release and later beta test Nvidia
>>> display drivers.  Both worked properly doing the usual stuff for many hours
>>> (WSPR, Audacity recording, LadyHeather in Wine).
>>>
>>> Later I went back to the Noveau based HD to do some stuff and Noveau
>>> spazzed out after about a half hour.
>>>
>>> I haven't checked server functions but other than Anaconda it seems
>>> the cow may be able to give milk.
>>>
>> On top of that when I last did a TC4 netinstall (2 days ago) I was unable to use the "closest mirror" option for selecting
>> software...I ended up using http and putting in a mirror to let me do the install.  If "closest mirror" is an option than, darn it
>> all to heck, it should work and every time (as long as networking is set up, which, in my case, it was).
>>
>> Kevin
> The last few times I've done F18 netinstall a working mirror was selected automatically.
> It disn't ask and I didn't tell.
> 
> I have no idea what mirror was chosen.  The closest mirror may not be the best anyway.
> 
Hmm, interesting.  When I did the install it would *not* choose a mirror and hence would not give me an option for choosing the
software I wanted to install.  This was an install into a VirtualBox host but really, why should that matter?  It allowed me to
setup networking, it saw an ntp server, and it let me install using http, so why wouldn't it go ahead and choose a mirror.  Go figure!

Kevin