Fedora Core 6 Common Issues

[Jim Cornette]

Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Michal Jaegermann wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 10:27:41PM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>>> Based on the reviews and user feedback this is our best our release 
>>> of Fedora Core 6 yet.
>>
>> I am not so sure if you should be in so self-congratulory mode.  The
>> release by itself is fine but anaconda, or something below it, looks
>> mighty sick.  So far I had that experience on three different
>> machines - one i386, two x86_64 but different mobos/chipsets and two
>> updates (i386 and x86_64) and one a fresh install on a "virgin"
>> hardware.
> 
> I need specific bug reports that can be reported as common to say 
> otherwise.
> 
> Rahul
> 

I installed FC6 on a computer with a SIS integrated video. Anaconda was 
not able to recognize the proper video card.
Fortunately, the mention of the new option to pick whatever video driver 
you wish with xdriver= allowed me to continue the successful 
installation by specifying the sis video driver.
Having flexible options which can be customized to meet the needs of the 
customer/ experimenter makes overcoming problems a lot easier than with 
earlier installers.
I'm sure that there will still be tough installation problems in the 
future with installers. Anyway, I like the feature that is simplistic 
ab=nd still flexible. Overall, I think this concept will make 
installation on hardware which is questionably detectable a bit more 
manageable by the customer.
For business, where the ultimate survival of an enterprise lies, there 
are administrators (you would think so anyway) which will buy bulk 
quantities of equipment, realize the specs and would prefer specifying 
their system parameters in an easy and flexible manor.
This is a great release as far as I can tell and not too many obstacles 
were encountered on my end with this release.
Great job, but it will be better on the next cycle.

Jim

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