Topic: [Announce] Sme7live ready (sme7b4 based)

[ClaudioG]

Hello,

I and Valentino "Six" Campara have made an iso cd with sme7beta4 live.... very impressive!!!

Link:
http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/contribs/cgirlanda/iso/
contents: iso image and cookbook
(thanks contribs.org for all)

Iso is about 500MB with these "features":

a) we use script from linux-live, therefore system has unionfs (please
read on www.linux-live.org: very impressive)

b) we made a "server-only" install, with complete devel-tool: ready for
test hardware and for compiling very easy....

c) server has ip 192.168.90.90 with root password sme7live and "ssh from local" active


What can do with sme7live:
a) Improve test and devel for 7 final.

b) boot cheatcode memtest: userfull for memory testing

b) latest RH systems have fs not so standard (e.g. with knoppix has not
LVM tool and RH ext3 can not be scandisk,ecc, with knoppix or other live...),
so sme7live are very usefull on "hard" maintenance

c) linux-live system permit to have complete changes of file system in some place
(/mnt/live/memory/changes): is very fast to compile driver or
program than transfer to other system.

d) sme7live permit to test hardware compatibility in just a couple of
minute

e) is possible storing permanent changes on ext2/3 partition (Warning: no usb stick for now, only hard driver)
(see linux-live for doc and boot cheatcode)

...Enjoy with sme7live!!!

Claudio Girlanda
Valentino Campara
girTech srl


PS:
a) this version has original (clean) kernel not so ready for driver compiling:
next release based on sme7b5 we made some improve

b)  Our idea is make less changes possible (e.g. remaining some errors in startup and halt that can be
correct easy, but this errors create no problems and sme7 remaining sme7...)

[Janm]

The download runs like a snail
so you must be very very patient
Jan

[crazybob]

Could this be moved to the mirrors?

[Janm]

Hej i downloaded the Iso and burnt it at 8 speed
and put it on and booted the computer and got
Kernel Panic so i didnt go any longer from there
dont now whats wrong but have no luck so far.
All the best Jan
Ps Just some information

[ClaudioG]

Kernel Panic so i didnt go any longer from there
dont now whats wrong but have no luck so far.

Have you test another pc?
Could be more specific (hardware config,etc..)?

This version is beta, but we test on about 10 different config( Ibm Server 206 Sata system, HP server P4 SCSI system, many notebooks, P4 assembled desktops, variuos VIA Epia Board...)

Thanks
ClaudioG
PS: Some VIA Epia lock, but problems is on RHEL (and Centos therefore), not Sme neither smelive

[Janm]

Hej again
This was the computer i tryed first on

OS Name   Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
Version   5.2.3790 Service Pack 1 Build 3790
Other OS Description
OS Manufacturer   Microsoft Corporation
System Name
System Manufacturer   VIA Technologies, Inc.
System Model   VT8363
System Type   X86-based PC
Processor   x86 Family 6 Model 3 Stepping 1 AuthenticAMD ~850 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date   Award Software International, Inc. 6.00 PG, 14-02-2001
SMBIOS Version   2.3
Windows Directory   C:\WINDOWS
System Directory   C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device   \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale   Denmark
Hardware Abstraction Layer   Version = "5.2.3790.1830 (srv03_sp1_rtm.050324-1447)"
User Name   admin\Administrator
Time Zone   Romance Daylight Time
Total Physical Memory   511,48 MB
Available Physical Memory   329,84 MB
Total Virtual Memory   1,23 GB
Available Virtual Memory   1,08 GB
Page File Space   767,22 MB
Page File   C:\pagefile.sys
With no luck
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And then i tryed on 2800 mhz
It succeded with som minor fault errors as you proberly know but this computer ran without any truble but that was my regular server so i must take it down again and look for some other solutions
Regards Jan

[Kevin]

I tried to boot it in VMware 5.5RC1 (Windows).  Seemed to start booting fine them slowed to a crawl.  I gave up after waiting about an hour.  I will do some more testing, switch the VM around some (increase RAM, SCSI>IDE, Etc..) to see if my luck changes, and report back