FAQ (was Re: Failed MediaCheck)

David Hoffman dhoffman2004 at gmail.com
Wed Jan 26 16:20:43 UTC 2005


On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:55:58 +0000, Michael A. Peters <mpeters at mac.com> wrote:
> On 01/26/2005 06:51:52 AM, David Hoffman wrote:
> 
> >
> > Always check the FAQ's (and archives) before posting questions:
> > http://www.fedorafaq.org/#mediacheck
> 
> It should be noted that that FAQ is not an official one, and has some
> issues.
> 
> For example, it does not mention the cdrecord -dao -pad solution for
> mediacheck issue. If possible, it is better to burn that way and avoid
> needing to issue a command to the installer telling it to turn dma off
> on the CD drive.
> 
> The yum.conf instructions use fc2 fedora extras, really should use pre-
> extras now that pre-extras is available.
> 
> the yum.conf is everything in one file, while that works - it is
> probably best to take advantage of the /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory
> 
> Perhaps an official Fedora maintained FAQ should be linked to the
> mailing list footer?
> 

All makes sense... and I know that fedorafaq.org is unofficial... but
is there an official one? I mean besides the release notes?




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