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Re: new install media for Athena linux machines
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Heather Anne Harrison)
Wed Aug 2 09:26:15 2006
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Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 09:26:01 -0400
From: Heather Anne Harrison <aurora@MIT.EDU>
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Hi Andrew,
Could you give a quick review to the Athena Linux documentation
with regards to these changes?
Version page: http://itinfo.mit.edu/product.php?vid=691&platform=Linux
Install: http://itinfo.mit.edu/article.php?id=7938
Thanks!
Heather Anne
aurora@mit.edu
Quoting "andrew m. boardman" <amb@MIT.EDU>:
>
> There's a new install image in the bootkit locker for Athena linux
> machines, version 5a.
>
> Changes in the new version:
> - new hardware drivers (notably for newer SATA hardware and network
> interfaces)
> - no network drivers at all on the floppy version of the boot image;
> booting from CD is highly recommended
>
> In light of the latter point, an older floppy image (for older hardware)
> which includes many network drivers continues to be included in the
> bootkit locker. Because of the former, recent SATA machines that didn't
> work as-is with the current install media (notably the Dell gx620) will
> no longer require being switched to "compatability" or "combination" mode
> before the install will succeed.
>
> The PXE server does not yet have the new image available for
> network-based installation, but it should be available shortly. Older
> install media continues to work so long as the target hardware is
> supported by it.
>
> Please send any questions or comments to release-team@mit.edu. Please
> report any bugs you find with the "sendbug" command.
>
> Andrew Boardman
> Infrastructure Software Development and Architecture
> Information Services and Technology
>
