[RULE] RULE w/RH8.0

[Jason Roysdon]

Is RULE currently supporting RH8.0?  It would appear that it is from:
http://www.rule-project.org/en/docs/rule_install.php

"The RULE install guide (version 0.1, 2003/01/27)

This guide describes how to install Red Hat Linux using the RULE installers, 
boot floppies and ISO images. It mostly covers installation of Red Hat 8.0, 
but many informations are still valid with versions 7.x of the same 
distribution."

I've downloaded 
http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/rule/images-0.7.0/boot.img and have used 
it with 'dd if=boot.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k'

(btw, is there a way to force dd to check for errors?  I had a floppy that 
produced no error with this, but after I'd type 'linux updates' it'd start 
to load the kernel and then error out saying insert a new disk).

I have my RH8.0 install CDs (which work just fine if I use the standard 
RH8.0 boot.img) and have created the update floppy from 
http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/rule/updates-v0.7.1.tar

After booting, I type 'linux updates' (btw, the text mode used here is not 
the same low-res 80x25 text mode that the standard RH8.0 installer uses and 
is not compatible with an old Mono-VGA monitor I use, and 'linux updates 
text' doesn't make a difference).  If I don't have my RH8.0 CD1 inserted, it 
will prompt me for it, and either way I'm eventually prompted for my Updates 
disk.  Then I see:

Running anaconda - please wait...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/tmp/updates/anaconda", linueu 64, in ?
  from log import log
ImportError: No module named log
Install exited abnormally
...
Blah, blah

What am I missing?  I'm hoping we're still not required to use RH7.x.

PS, my CD-ROM doesn't boot, so I must use a floppy boot method (but, again, 
this works fine with the stock RH8.0 installer)

Jason Roysdon
http://jason.roysdon.net/


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