r1 - 21 Dec 2004 - 07:17:10 - JohnAndersonYou are here: OSAF > Journal Web > ContributorNotes > JohnAndersonNotes > JohnAnderson20041220
- Fixed some lingering bugs caused removing the NotificationManager and recapturing CPIA events.
- Spent some time with Ken and Brian discussing our internationalization strategy
- Interviewed a candidate for applications developer position
- Tried various strategies to get Linux running fast enough on VMWare, including: stopping unnecessary services, recompiling the kernel without unnecessary drivers, and recompiling the kernel with a slower CPU clock interrupt. Nothing seemed to work.
- I looked into colinux -- an open source alternative to VMWare, but it didn't seem very easy to set up, so I decided to dual boot.
- When installing Linux in a dual-boot configuration, the installer crashed while loading the disk driver. It took me quite a while to discover that the problem is caused by a bug in the driver which does not properly handle "Enhanced Mode" ATA devices. I use Enhanced Mode so that I can use two SATA hard disks and one EIDE DVD-RW and make every device a master. Changing to "Combined Mode" enabled the installer to finish.
- I was a little hesitant to install the Grub loader over the MBR on my C drive because various people have had trouble booting into XP after doing that. So instead I decided to copy the boot block from the Linux disk to a file on my C drive and use the Windows boot manager. My instructions on how to do this were a little out of date. They suggested using a boot floppy, but I could only use my floppy with onboard video. It turned out that FC3 can't create a boot floppy, and installing Linux with onboard video then installing a video card and rebooting fails to work. There were a host of other failures during the process too numerous to mention. I eventually got it to work. Linux installation still isn't ready for most users.
- My SPTP server has been down, so I've been unable to send e-mail. I haven't had time to track that down because I've been working on installing Linux.
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