MX-14-RC2 available

anticapitalista · posted: 2014-03-10 11:26

The MX-14 RC2 is available now for download.

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Quick details here:
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This includes lots of bug fixes, updated applications and we added more polish for a smoother finish.

Full announcement here:

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bbwf · posted: 2014-03-10 19:33

Did the install - very easy

Did not find the initrd option
other drives were not mountable after the install

My parallel printer set up VERY NICELY THANK YOU

anticapitalista · posted: 2014-03-10 20:16

What is the initrd option?

bbwf · posted: 2014-03-10 21:25

Well, i could be full of bullhash,

however, when I installed 13.2 I was able to mount all my drives.

I remember in Mepis, during the install process, there was a box to check: initrd (experts)
in doing so. , I was able to mount all my drives after the install.

When I did not check that box, It kept my system very tight, not allowing me to do so......... like this version of MX

anticapitalista · posted: 2014-03-10 21:46

MX does not auto-mount drives by default.

Use disk-manager to set up auto mount.

bbwf · posted: 2014-03-10 22:51

well,
not looking to automount

I was not able to open up a terminal,
su
mount /dev/sda6 0r 7 or 8

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2014-03-10 23:05

It works differently with MX. fstab does not contain all the partition information by default (only root and swap). YOu can still mount as you wish, but you will need to either use thunar, or do this:

1. make a mount point (for instance /media/sda6). Depending on location, you may need to be root.
2. use mount command as root or sudo (mount /dev/sda6 /media/sda6).

You can also use the disk-manager app to edit fstab, or edit fstab directly, to get more traditional mount usage that you may be used to. This is what I do for my data partition.

bbwf · posted: 2014-03-10 23:39

Thank You , Dolphin.

I'll wait till the final version of MX comes out

I just wiped it off and reinstalled 13.2

bbwf · posted: 2014-03-12 01:36

One more minor glitch I noted about MX
I opened up the terminal
typed su
( incorrectly typed in my root password)

instead of giving me another unfulfilled prompt - a second terminal window would pop open.

Makes you really want to type it in correctly the first time.

BitJam · posted: 2014-03-12 02:09

@bbwf, I could not replicate that problem. I just get an error message:

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$ cat / etc/antix-version
MX-14_13.99_386-xfce RC2 09 March 2014
$ su
Password: 
su: Authentication failure

No new terminal window opened.

rokytnji · posted: 2014-03-12 21:32

My comments @
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bbwf · posted: 2014-03-13 03:20

( bbwf, I could not replicate that problem. I just get an error message:)

Well, you know my machine is really a piece of junk, an old P3 Kayak
maybe a few bad sectors in the drive to boot - who knows.

I used to run Mepis till it got to slow on my machine.

Then I opened up a few books and learned how to drive linux with a stick shift.

That's when I learned to love Antix.

Anticap spent alot of time on 13.2, I have it installed and set up just the way I like things.
Got the network thing, parallel printer thing and a few other tweeks ironed out,
made a backup image of it.

It's a keeper!