Installing FC5 on pre-partitioned /dev/hdb

[Gene Heskett]

On Monday 03 April 2006 07:58, Anil Kumar Sharma wrote:
>On 4/3/06, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett at verizon.net> wrote:
>> On Sunday 02 April 2006 20:52, Les Mikesell wrote:
>> [...]
>>
>> >> So how can I bypass this "thing from hell" and get to actually
>> >> doing the install, and do it where I want it?
>> >
>> >I'd stay away from text mode.  Do the reverse-vnc connection if
>> >you have to to get a graphic screen for the setup.
>>
>> I tried the gui, and that did work as I wanted it, so the install is
>> done, and nearly everything is installed.  SElinux is turned off, as
>> was iptables after I'd fixed all the other stuff re the labels by
>> taking them back out of the copy of fstab on hdb.  So labels are no
>> longer a concern since theres none in the hda copy of fstab either.
>> I am already behind a more than adequate firewall.
>>
>> 3 immediate problems:
>>
>> 1) networking is so slow it took it about 6 hours to do the yum
>> update once I'd gotten it booted.  Those 69 packages shouldn't have
>> taken more than 10 minutes or so on a 256/1.5 dsl connection.  Is
>> there a fix for that other than reverting to my homemade 2.6.16.1? 
>> None of my homemade kernels has ever exhibited network performance
>> like that.  Maybe it didn't have the forcedeth driver available?
>>
>> 2)  evolution, although it has all the data filled in properly,
>> cannot login and get my email from incoming.verizon.net.  fetchmail
>> had no problems once I'd rebooted to FC2.  I got the feeling it
>> wasn't using the pop3 protocol correctly, but then neither does
>> verizon as the login and password are exchanged in the clear.
>
> try this
> <http://www.redhat.com/archives/rhl-list/2006-April/msg00304.html>

Ok done, many thanks.

>3) where do I edit, and what, to make it use kde instead of gnome?
>
>> The older switchdesk utility wasn't fully installed for some reason,
>> and doesn't seem to be available via yum.
>
>At login screen choose session and select option that comes, to make
> it default.
><http://www.redhat.com/archives/rhl-list/2006-April/msg00304.html>

I believe this last link is incorrect, it leads to the same message as 
above.

>--
>Anil Kumar Shrama

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Cheers, Gene
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