Caldera 2.2

Mon May 10 13:58:15 EEST 1999

Geia sas. 
Mou irthe to Caldera 2.2 pro imerwn, opote skeftika na moirastw mazi sas tis
entypwseis mou. Opoios den endiaferetai as sbisei to mail kai as me sygxwrisei
gia to megethos tou.

A) Installation apo windows (!!!) Exei ena autorun.inf pou ksekinaei ena
programma to opoio mporei na kanei repartition ton disko (Partition Magic extra
ekdosi). Epeidi den exw Windows, den mporw na kserw pws doulevei kai pws oxi.
Sorry. Episis, fantazomai oti telika to mono pou kanei einai repartition, kai
meta (logika toulaxiston) perimenei ena kanoniko installation.
B) Installation apo bootable CD: Ksekinaei se ena parakseno mode grafikwn, to
opoio an katalaba kala einai me xrisi tou neou frame-buffer katitis, kanei boot
enan kernel pou periexei ta panta ws modules, sikwnei X11 se VGA, QT-2 kai to
Lizard, ena programmataki to opoio "mesa apo grafika" sas kathodigei gia to
installation. Ayto tha elega oti einai poly simantiko gia tous neous xristes.
Briskei (aytomata apo oti eida se dyo mixanimata) ton typo tou pontikiou,
sou zitaei na epilekseis an tha xrisimopoiiseis olo ton disko gia
to Installation (entire harddisk), i idi yparxonta partitions (prepared
partitions), i an tha ta kaneis monos sou (expert mode). 
Se disko pou itan idi formatted gia ext2, dokimasa to expert mode to opoio mou
emfanise ena wraio frontend gia to fdisk kai me afise na ftiaksw ton disko opws
akribws ithela. To dokimasa kai se enan disko pou itan formatted se win98, kai
mou ekane mono tou ta partitions, XWRIS na me afisei na ta peiraksw - epileksw
:-( 1o arnitiko simeio ayto, an kai den katalaba pws/pote parousiazetai. Mallon
einai specific bug pou symbainei se  orismenes periptwseis mono. Afou ftiaksei
ta partitions, kai mexri na proxwrisoume sta ypoloipa, arxizei kai antigrafei
paketa apo to CD ston disko. Ayta ta opoia prepei na mpoun outws i allws
diladi. 
Meta emfanizetai i APARADEKTI othoni gia egkatastasi paketwn, pou exei tis eksis
APARADEKTES epiloges:
a) Minimum
b) Recommended
c) Recommended plus commercial
d) All
Ayto kata ti gnwmi mou einai aisxos, kai xeirotero KAI apo ta windows, alla
pali gia enan aplo-kainourgio xristi isws na einai yper-boliko.
H egkatastasi twn paketwn synexizetai, enw mas rwtaei rythmiseis diktyou
(topikou) an tha trexoume NIS, karta othonis kai othoni gia ta X11. 
Molis teleiwsoun oi epiloges mas, kai mexri na teleiwsei i egkatastasi,
mporoume na paizoume tetris!!!
C) An den mporei na doulepsei to lizard (i isws kai to frame-buffer?) me to
hardware pou exoume, yparxei mia disketoula, i opoia periexei ton palio tropo
installation, to LISA. Lypamai, oute ayto dokimasa.
D) Systima: Basika opws perimena ena Caldera systima. Oti yparxei, einai swsto
kai doulevei. Ta paketa den einai panta ta apolytws teleytaia (paradeigma ta
xforms, pou itan mia palioteri ekdosi apo oti ithele to XFMail, o agapimenos
mou mail-client), alla einai ta stathera. Eksairesi se ayta, apoteloun ta tria
basika stoixeia tis Caldera. O Kernel (2.2.5 pou prepei na itan molis ligwn
imerwn otan anakoinwthike to 2.2), i glibc (2.1, pws diaolo tin ebalan mesa den
mporw na katalabw) kai to KDE (1.1.1 - oxi, gia mena den einai basiko stoixeio)
To olo distribution einai 2 CD, me to ena na einai mono sources, kai to allo
binaries. Bebaia, se ena CD ti na prwtoxwresei, eidika an exeis mesa to
StarOffice 5, to WordPerfect 8 kai ta Navigator kai Communicator 4.51, pou
ola mazi exw tin entypwsi oti einai ligo panw apo 100 Mb, etsi den yparxei
kanenas window manager, ektos apo ton kwm. (Ki ayto den mou arese katholou, mia
pou den xrisimopoiw pia KDE). Episis, exoun afairethei polla apo ta paketa pou
ipirxan se proigoumenes ekdoseis, isws epeidi den ypirxe xwros, isws epeidi
yparxoun ta antistoixa sto KDE. Endeiktika anaferw ta XFmail (Kmail) kai XISP
(Kppp) Symperilambanontai netware client, dosemu me to DrDos 7.2 (to opoio exei
agorasei i Caldera), ta basika (apache 1.3.4, sendmail 8.9.1, bind 8.1.1,
wu-ftpd 2.4.2b17 - asfales - , IMAP, NFS, Nis, samba klp klp). Eytyxws diladi oi
ypoxwriseis eginan sto client-side tou distribution kai oxi sto server-side,
kati omws to opoio den "tairiazei" me tin ypoloipi filosofia tou installation
kai twn periexomenwn.
Episis symperilambanetai to COAS (Caldera Open Administration Suite) to opoio
einai ena arketa kalo ergaleio - frontend gia diaxeirisi (load/unload)
kernel-modules, peripherals( keyboard, gpm, printer) diktyou (ethernet
interfaces, resolver, nis, tcp/ip, mta, hostname) systimatos genika (accounts,
daemons, filesystems, ...) kai package-manager (i Caldera einai rpm-based
distribution). Kai ayto basika apeythynetai pio poly ston aplo xristi, para
ston advanced.
Xronos: Ksekinisa to interactive installation se enan AMDK6-200 me 80 Mb Ram
kai 6.4 Gb disko, stis 19.00. Stis 19.15 eixe teleiwsei to interactive kommati
(afou endiamesa eixa bgei na mazepsw kai ta rouxa giati itan ekeini i imera pou
fysage diaolemena :-) kai stis 19.30 eixe teleiwsei to full installation to
opoio xreiastike kati parapanw apo 1 Gb ston disko mou ...

Symperasmatika: Einai mia distribution pou mporei na steilei ta windows sto pyr
to ekswteron. Osa emena mou tin espasan, einai "oti prepei" gia enan neo xristi
twn ypologistwn. Me to Caldera 2.2 mporeite na balete kai tin mikri adelfi sas
na balei LINUX. Tha ta kataferei mia xara kai tha brethei mprosta ston KDM na
dwsei login kai pass, kai na mpei na arxisei na doulevei. Mazi de me to
StarOffice, kai tin eykolia tou Kppp, kai to kikbd (thanks dbouras), to mono pou
tha xreiastei (i adelfi sas panta) gia na min ksanagyrisei sta windows, einai
ellinikes grammatoseires se ena aplo rpm na tis egkatastisei. (thanks vrypan) 
An eiste advanced xristis, i administrator, tha sas spasei ta nevra i mi
epilogi paketwn tou Lizard, kai mallon tha xreiastei na balete to minimum
kai na prosthesete meta, i (opws ekana egw) na balete to full kai na
afairesete (gyrw sta 100 paketa ebgala egw!!!) alla (elpizw na) yparxei panta i
epilogi tou Lisa, to opoio apo mia matia pou tou eriksa prepei na exei
ksexwristes epiloges gia kathe paketo. (toulaxiston yparxoun ta pkgs.idx kai
pkgs.db  poy xrisimopoiousan oi proigoumenes versions gia tis epiloges).

Michalis
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