What is this rawhide thing?

[Bob Chiodini]

On Wed, 2005-09-28 at 15:46 +0100, Robert Firth wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I am trying to install FC4 from dvd onto a Dell PowerEdge SC420.  The 
> graphical installation fails, which I think is explained by Bugzilla 
> #161242, which admits to a problem with x11 and vesa adapters.  This 
> talks about a fix having been imported to rawhide - but what is this 
> rawhide thing?  Does it provide an updated dvd iso image for FC4?  Bear 
> in mind that I don't have a system installed as yet, so an updated 
> xorg-x11 rpm is no use to me, nor can I use yum or up2date. 
> Unfortunately I need to use the graphical installation because I am 
> trying to install to a pair of sata disks configured with software 
> raid-1, and the text version of disk druid doesn't seem to support this.
> 
> Any suggestions gratefully received.
> 
> -- 
> Robert Firth <rjfirth at iee.org>
> Tonbridge, Kent, UK
> 

It is the development tree for the next FC release, currently FC5.

Bob...