[KLUG Members] evolution=cool, install problem resolution

[members@kalamazoolinux.org]

>I just (finally) put evolution on my laptop.  Very cool!  Actually, it
>looks just like <dodge tomatoes>MS Outlook</dodge>.  Another note..

Nothing wrong with saying it looks like something that itself looks nice.   You
can say that I look like Viggo Mortenson and I won't mind.

>I was having a problem on a new server (trying to install eSmith).  It
>is a new dell Poweredge (I like these even though this one had a slot
>cover jingling around in it when it arrived.)
>Anyway, I install the CD to boot.  See the license agreement, type agree
>nd then kernel boots.  Kernel quickly kicks out Kernel Panic VFS...Oh
>no!   I try booting a minimal image from floppy to no avail.  No matter
>what this won't start right.  Anyway, on trying this install around the
>7th time, I acknowledged the fact the the licensing screen looks like
>the intro anaconda for RedHat. (you know, where you choose expert..)

ALWAYS good idea to get a floppy with memtest86 on it and let it run for a day.
 Brand new machines with memory problems?  Yep, happens all the time.  And
they'll screw you over later.

>Anyway, I thought, I bet I can pass kernel parameters through this line.
>So, instead of just typing "accept", I typed "accept mem=512M".  And
>BOOM! it booted all the way into the install scripts.
>We learn 2 things here: 1) kernel panics are not the end of life 

Neither is getting shot.  But if your do it often enough, odds are...

>2) banging head against wall really does help.

Depends upon the type of wall.  Plaster-lath works best.  Modern drywall gives
too much, and poured concrete is counter productive,  at least in my experience.