On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 3:23 AM, John Poelstra <poelstra@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I think we need to say something about (see below) here: > > http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f9preview/en_US/sn-Virtualization.html#sn-Kernel-Integration-Imrpovements > > John > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: F9 PreView Anaconda,XEN, Xorg Problems > Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:38:02 -0400 > From: Jon Stanley <jonstanley@xxxxxxxxx> > Reply-To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases > <fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases > <fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > References: <BAYC1-PASMTP10BF570DB4950DE379F1FEA8E60@xxxxxxx> > > On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 10:32 AM, David M Burgess > <davidburgess@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I've just finished installing the Preview Release on three different > > hardware platforms. > > > > Big problems with them all. > > > > I'm installing on dual core 64 bit hardware" > > > > Lenovo T61p - dual core Intel > > Asus A7N-M2 - AMD M2 > > Sun Ultra20 M2 - AMD Opteron > > > > All the boxes have 2Gig of RAM and SATA drives, each box also has a > > NVidia video card - different one in all three. > > > > When Anaconda gets to part where you configure the network cards eth0 > > has no check mark but eth1 does and Anaconda is set to configure that by > > default. A minor problem but still wrong. > > > > I'll check this out. > > > > Far more seriously XEN refuses to boot on any of the three platforms I > > even installed the 32 bit PR on the Asus box and had a similar reaction. > > > > Xen Dom0 support is not included, nor slated to be included, in F9. > Folks that need Xen Dom0 are advised to stay with F8. For more > information, see > http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-xen/2008-March/msg00013.html > > > > When I tried to update the base PR using > > System->Administration->Add/Remove Software it took more than 40 minutes > > to return and tell me that there were no updates nor any additional > > software to install. So I installed yumex and it worked fine. > > > > Not sure, maybe some PackageKit guys can answer this one > > > > The Anaconda and PackageKit problems are merely irritating, the XEN and > > X are show stoppers for us. > > > > You didn't mention any X problems. > For dom0, the following is already in the virtualization ( https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Virtualization ) beat: "However, the Xen kernel now lacks Dom0 support. An existing Xen host/Dom0 must continue to run Fedora 8. Xen Dom0 support will be added back in Fedora 10." Thanks, Murray. --------------------------------------------------------------------- pub 1024D/81B3FDEB 2007-09-19 [expires: 2008-09-18] Key fingerprint = 4ED9 9907 5BF0 4132 2B46 20D1 C0C6 362D 81B3 FDEB Murray McAllister (Fedora Docs Project / mdious) <murray.mcallister@xxxxxxxxx> sub 2048g/B04CFA0C 2007-09-19 [expires: 2008-09-18] -- fedora-docs-list mailing list fedora-docs-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-docs-list
