On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 21:40 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > Alexander Volovics wrote: > > Installing F8 on a Dell i6000 laptop: > > > > 1) Using the DVD: > > > > The install comes no further than 'running /sbin/loader' > > and then stops. Nothing happens anymore. > > This is a curious regression from F8 test 3 where I had no > > such problems! > > > > Maybe this can be solved using one or other kernel parameter > > but then you have to go and search the internet for a list > > or have the kernel documentation at hand. > > A complete list with comments should be available in a README > > included on the DVD and a reference included in the Release Notes. > > See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bugs/F8Common and > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KernelCommonProblems > > > 2) Using the Live CD: > > > > Here we have a really nasty omission in the Release Notes: > > > > The install from the Live CD seems to have changed. > > You no longer get the second stage 'postinstall configuration'. > > You mean firstboot doesn't run? If so, that is not by design and you > should be filing a bug report (I saw some discussions on firstboot not > running if the network connected failed but haven't seen any bug reports > filed yet) along with the rest of the gripes mentioned. Thanks. Firstboot sort of ran for me from a DVD install in text mode (is anyone going to ever fix the sync issues for a Planar PE1900? I bugzilla'd it months ago), but firstboot did NOT offer to set up a user. Come to think of it, it didn't under F8T3, either. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Principal Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxx - - CDN Systems, Internap, Inc. http://www.internap.com - - - - To err is human, to moo bovine. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
