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I'm not a perl-master so feel free to tidy this commit up +</I>>>><i> a bit if you have time, otherwise I'll try and tidy up my mess this +</I>>>><i> evening :) +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> There's no urgency so it's better if done by you so that +</I>>><i> you eventually became a co maintainer of drakx :-) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I have a funny feeling that I'm being tricked into something here.... :p +</I> +It's not that hard :-) + +>><i> BTW you may eventually include udev in rescue too +</I>>><i> (but only once it's done in stage2) +</I>>><i> See rescue/ && rescue/devices.pl +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Yeah it's needed in rescue too as I think I mentioned in an earlier +</I>><i> email, but this is easier to get working I think. +</I> +BTW if you could look at those LVM/DM bugs in rescue: +<A HREF="https://bugs.mageia.org/buglist.cgi?cmdtype=runnamed&namedcmd=drakx-installer-rescue">https://bugs.mageia.org/buglist.cgi?cmdtype=runnamed&namedcmd=drakx-installer-rescue</A> +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="010681.html">[Mageia-dev] [soft-commits] [2494] Port stage2 to use udev. +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="010683.html">[Mageia-dev] Fwd: Re: [Cooker] System can stall under heavy IOs with slow storage devices +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#10698">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#10698">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#10698">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#10698">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |