FC2 = Win 3.1 wanabe

[Tarjei Knapstad]

On Fri, 2004-06-04 at 09:42, Doncho N. Gunchev wrote:
> On Friday 04 June 2004 07:02, Randy Ramsdell wrote:
> > What a mess.
>     True, but it's your mail.
> > 
> > ASUS p4p800 f'd up beyond belief
> > Had less problems installing windows 3.1
> > Remember the days on win3.1? Well, welcome back to the yesteryear OS 
> > stability.
>     Win3.1 and what? You really have sense of humor!
> > 
> > 
>     About the mess: how can anyone help you when most of us probably
> don't even know what 'ASUS p4p800' is - laptop? 

It's a motherboard, and the FC2 kernel reboots when trying to install to
it. There is a fix though; download and boot from Arjan's fixed boot
image:

http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/asusp4p800-boot.iso

Bugzilla entry:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=121819

Same thing with the VIA C3 motherboard:

http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/c3boot-2.iso

Bugzilla entry:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=120685

Yes, I think these are both blockers for a release, but hindsight gets
you nowhere. Both bugs provide an interesting+educational read on what
you can do to prevent such things slipping into FC3.

Anyhow, Randy and others: Searching through the mailing list archive
and/or the Fedora bug tracker would both have led you to the solution.
Please keep that in mind for the future before going on a rant ;)

Regards,
--
Tarjei