I built a tree with Doug's patched kernel but now we are failing even earlier than before. I don't think this has anything to do with the new kernel (other packages were updated as well). I am grabbing the latest x86_64 tree to see if the problem exists there as well. During bootup of the installer I see these errors: ** (process:720): WARNING **: Couldn't connect to system bus: Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory this repeats for a while then it gets past it. Then later on it is unable to configure the network device. I am guessing these are related. I am uploading the new rawhide tree anyway since it is still useful for yum updates. It should be complete in an hour or so. Dave