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Context

When Athena bas OS was updated to Red Hat Enterprise 4 (RHEL 4), the installer was not. Instead quick and dirty amendments were made to get the old installer to work specifically on the new hardware. Much calendar time elapsed waiting for an opportunity to "go back and fix it up right".

Issues

  • Much hardware supported under RHEL 4 was not back ported to the Athena installer.
  • The RHEL 3 code base is very much unsupported these days.

Deliverables

  • Bug fixes and cleanups to the install script used by present Athena install media.
    • Faulty logic in dealing with SATA legacy.
    • Failure to use calculated swap space size.
    • Prompting for root password in the middle of an install as part of X server configuration.
    • Issues relating to integration of ATI proprietary graphics driver.
  • New RHEL 4 based Athena install media
    • ISO CD image.
    • Update to image on IS&T PXE server

Status

  • An update to the install script has been deployed. Additional issues have been identified.
  • New RHEL 4 based Athena install media is under test.
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