[Comm-en] Alt Jr2.2 dual boot with Mdk9.1

[Chad]

Michael,
ummmmmm.....????? Thanks? I guess I did not know what I was asking for! 
I will do a second install and see what happens with the information you 
provided. I am quite new at this but willing/trying to learn more. I did 
not realize I had asked such a BIG question! Thanks for taking the time 
to write all of that.
chad
Michael Shigorin wrote:

>On Sat, Jul 12, 2003 at 08:14:54PM -0600, Chad wrote:
>  
>
>>Can you give me a rundown on what I need to do to get and
>>install?  I will give the new package a try.
>>    
>>
>
>OK, so you've asked :-)
>
>Then you have either 2.4.21-altX with binary bootloader-utils and
>mkinitrd from Sisyphus (they're binary compatible with ALM2.2,
>should work on J2.2 too), or 2.4.20-alt7 -- but then later since
>I've somehow failed to rebuild the package, now taking a second
>look.
>
>...ah, done.
>
>So.
>
>_Unofficial_ build of fresh NVIDIA driver set and ALSA tools
>(should be mostly compatible with an existing 2.2+updates setup
>-- by "updates" I mean kernel24 security update, too -- see below):
>
>* NVIDIA 1.0-4363; should enable FX cards and such
>ftp://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/people/mike/kernel/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0.4363-alt1.i586.rpm
>ftp://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/people/mike/kernel/NVIDIA_kernel-up-2.4.20_1.0.4363-alt7.i586.rpm
>
>* ALSA 0.9.4; reportedly behaves better with some hardware, esp.
>*  software codecs like via/intel onboard ac97 sound
>ftp://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/people/mike/kernel/alsa24-up-2.4.20_0.9.4-alt7.i586.rpm
>ftp://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/people/mike/alsa/alsa-tools-0.9.4-alt1.i586.rpm
>ftp://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/people/mike/alsa/alsa-utils-0.9.4-alt1.i586.rpm
>ftp://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/people/mike/alsa/aserver-0.9.4-alt2.i586.rpm
>ftp://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/people/mike/alsa/libalsa-0.9.4-alt2.i586.rpm
>
>This should go with minimal hassle, but "old" alsa2-*, libalsa2-*
>may need to be removed with rpm -e --nodeps (since newer packages
>supercede them but rpm is too low-level to "understand" it).
>
>Also see the note below regarding NVIDIA_GLX.
>
>For _testing_ 2.4.21 (Sisyphus URLs; should work with
>Master/Junior 2.2 as of this writing; much more challenging):
>
>* kernel itself and supplementary packages:
>ftp://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/Sisyphus/files/i586/RPMS/kernel-image-std-up-2.4.21rel-alt3.i586.rpm
>ftp://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/Sisyphus/files/i586/RPMS/bootloader-utils-0.1-alt7.noarch.rpm
>ftp://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/Sisyphus/files/i586/RPMS/mkinitrd-2.8.7-alt2.i586.rpm
>ftp://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/Sisyphus/files/i586/RPMS/modutils-2.4.25-alt1.i586.rpm
>
>* NVIDIA:
>ftp://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/Sisyphus/files/i586/RPMS/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0.4363-alt1.i586.rpm
>ftp://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/Sisyphus/files/i586/RPMS/kernel-modules-nvidia-std-up-1.0.4363-alt3.i586.rpm
>
>* ALSA:
>ftp://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/Sisyphus/files/i586/RPMS/kernel-modules-alsa-std-up-0.9.4-alt4.i586.rpm
>ftp://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/Sisyphus/files/i586/RPMS/libalsa-0.9.4-alt1.i586.rpm
>ftp://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/Sisyphus/files/i586/RPMS/alsa-tools-0.9.4-alt1.i586.rpm
>ftp://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/Sisyphus/files/i586/RPMS/alsa-utils-0.9.4-alt1.i586.rpm
>ftp://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/Sisyphus/files/i586/RPMS/aserver-0.9.4-alt1.i586.rpm
>
>* additional packages likely to be in need:
>ftp://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/Sisyphus/files/i586/RPMS/kernel-modules-i2c-std-up-2.7.0-alt4.i586.rpm
>ftp://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/Sisyphus/files/i586/RPMS/kernel-modules-sensors-std-up-2.7.0-alt3.i586.rpm
>
>Also this checklist (command are to be executed by root):
>
>* if you feel like OK and don't need/really want to mess with
>  kernels, DON'T -- screwing the system up is surprisingly easy
>  this way;
>  
>* if in slightest doubt -- use the kernel from updates which
>  doesn't get installed by "apt-get upgrade" automatically for
>  obvious reasons, and thus should be installed like this:
>
>  apt-get install kernel24-up#2.4.20-alt7
>
>  if feeling brave and going bloody edge -- then Sisyphus
>  may be for you;
>
>* run this script as root (taken from alsa-driver tarball):
>  ftp://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/people/mike/alsa/testing/snddevices
>  -- it will recreate /dev/snd as permanent directory and not a
>  symlink to deprecated /proc entry (changed in alsa-0.9.2).
>
>* newer NVIDIA kernel module requires newer GLX package which
>  won't work with older kernel module AFAIR.  So if you need to
>  rollback, have the CD at hand to be able to boot into console
>  mode (passing additiona parameter "3" to the kernel) and:
>  
>  mount /dev/cdrom
>  rpm -Uvh --oldpackage /mnt/cdrom/ALTLinux/RPMS/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0.4191-alt2.i586.rpm
>  eject
>
>* 2.4.21rel-alt3 specific issues:
>
>  * kernel package apparently has a gotcha regarding bootloader
>    setup update; could be fixed with 
>  
>    cd /boot
>    ln -sf vmlinuz-2.4.21rel-std-up-alt3 vmlinuz-up
>    ln -sf initrd-2.4.21rel-std-up-alt3.img initrd-up.img
>    lilo	# only if using LILO!
>    
>    or checking the bootloader configuration to contain a proper
>    pair of kernel and initial ramdrive images;
>    
>  * 2.4.21rel-alt3 has OpenWall patch applied which disables
>    wine/winex (and seemingly win4lin) -- fixed with chstk:
>  
>    chstk -e /usr/bin/wine
>    chstk -e /usr/bin/winex
>  
>  * 2.4.21 kernel and kernel module packages should be
>    *installed* (rpm -ivh) not to remove existing kernel; alsa
>    userspace packages don't allow for duplication though and
>    should be upgraded (rpm -Uvh);
>  
>  * software modem and ATI drivers as kernel-modules-*.rpm are
>    there, too, but I've no experience with them -- you may have
>    to get a few more packages if going 2.4.21;
>
>All packages should be signed, you can do "rpm --checksig" on
>them.
>
>Problems and misunderstanding are better reported here *before*
>you tell it blow up everything so we can try to sort it out
>together ;-)
>
>  
>

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