f9 install notes

[Jim Bevier]

Thanks go out to the f9 team for a great release.  I used the new jigdo file 
to update my prerelease iso.  This was way faster than loading an entirely 
new install dvd.  On to the install...

I booted the new x86_64 dvd and asked anaconda to check it.  It said it was 
OK, and ejected the dvd.  When I said to continue, I would get an error 
dialog, over and over and installation would not continue.  I had to do a 
reset and start over and bypass the media check.  This happened on two 
different machines.

On upgrading a F8 install, anaconda could not determine the boot loader and 
selected the "do nothing" option, so I used it.  F8 booting as a straight 
forward sda grub load.  However, on reboot, anaconda had indeed modified the 
grub.conf file correctly, with all other entries intact.  I think a new user 
would be really confused.  I was just slightly confused :-).  I think the 
grayed out "boot loader will be modified" entry should have been selected.

When I ran system-config-display, it said it would generate a xorg.conf.bak 
file, but never did.  It just did a replacement of the file.

Did a fresh install to a new PUNDIT 1H AH2 system with sata disk and dvd. 
Two gigs memory and 4400+ X2 processor.  It uses an NVIDIA 6150 graphics 
chip onboard.  I used a CTX-S762G LCD 17" monitor.  When I booted from the 
install dvd, I get "Signal out of Range" for the display and I could not 
continue.  Using the "vesa" option to the boot parameters allowed me to go 
through the install.  I got the same thing on firstboot, so I had to add 
"vesa" and "resolution=1280x1024" to the boot parameters.  I still had to do 
<ctrl><alt>+ several time to get past the same message.  Running 
system-config-display and selecting a generic 1280x1024 LCD display and vesa 
hardware allows the system to boot.  It seems Xorg wants to drive the 
display faster than 75Hz.  And again, there is not a backup file generated 
for xorg.conf.

Now on to upgrading my rawhide machine to the new f10 rawhide.

Jim