Fedora 10 x86_64 install issues, bugzilla?

Paul W. Frields stickster at gmail.com
Wed Nov 26 16:57:08 UTC 2008


On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 09:48:39AM -0700, stan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just installed from the Fedora 10 x86_64 install DVD.  Two things that 
> were problematic.
>
> First was that after I checked the media using the Test selection box, it 
> would not recognize the disk as Fedora installation media.  I had to 
> reboot and skip the check. Not a showstopper, but somewhat confusing.

I haven't seen this yet, but I'll be installing via x86_64 later this
week (hopefully).  My i386 DVD worked fine in this regard.

> Second was that when I went to custom configuration for the disks, there 
> was no format option for ext4.  The partitions I used were already 
> formatted as ext3, and I reformatted them as that and the install went 
> fine.  I was disappointed as I wanted to use the new filesystem.  I will 
> hold off on making the new install comfortable until this is definitely  
> ruled out.

I believe there's a boot-time option for this you have to pass to the
installer.  Have you checked the F10 release notes?  I think it's in
there. Yup:

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f10/en_US/Power_Users_Get_What_Features_and_Fixes.html#sn-EXT4

> Should I bugzilla either of these.  A quick search turned up no others 
> for them but they might be known problems.

You can do so for the former problem, and then post the bug URL here.
If it turns out no one can duplicate it, the bug can be closed without
anyone being harmed in the process! :-)

> And a big thank you to everyone who got this out the door.
>
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