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Author: stomfisite
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Subject: Re: [dyne:bolic] dyne:bolic 2.1 codename DHORUBA
jaromil wrote:
>
> hi Carsten,
>
> On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 08:43:12AM +0000, Carsten Agger wrote:
>>> Sorry to say, the ISO that's online right now doesn't seem to work;
>>> The X server doesn't start, instead I get a terminal login prompt, and
>>> when I enter 'root' and 'luther', or 'luther' and 'luther', nothing
>>> happens and I have to shut down my computer.
>>>
>>> I tried this on an Acer Aspire 3630 and on my old IBM Aptiva, and the
>>> same thing happened in both cases.
>>>
>>> I'm writing this on the Aspire in the old dyne:bolic, so apparently
>>> it's not the computer ...
>>>
>>> so I believe something probably needs some kind of fixing.
>
> i tested the 2.1 iso and it works as it should.
>
> i suspect your problem is due to the fact you have dyne:bolic 1 docked
> and nested on your system. you can try to rename your /dyne directory to
> something different, like /dyne-1 for instance, to let the version 2 run
> smooth. also check carefully that your CD is burned properly.
>
>
> also if you boot from CD you should be prompted if you want an upgrade.
>
>
> in future there will be much better handling for upgrading of dock and
> nest, installation and update from local and remote network and such.
> at this point it is fairly easy to write such scripts with shell and
> gtkdialog, or using Gambas (devel.dyne module).
>
> ciao
>

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And of course if you don't want to lose your old /root files etc,
boot the 1.4 and copy the nested /root folder contents onto a CD,
before you rename it and boot with Dyne2.

No worries

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