[Fedora-sparc] Supported hardware for F12-Beta

[Dennis Gilmore]

On Tuesday 04 May 2010 08:28:26 am mat wrote:
> On 03/05/10 23:16, Chris Adams wrote:
> > Once upon a time, Tom spot Callaway<tcallawa at redhat.com>  said:
> >> I just finished moving, but once I unpack and get resettled, I hope to
> > 
> >> be able to test the Fedora 12 Beta on these systems:
> > I have been subscribed here but not really paying attention.  If there
> > are some basic test instructions (as in, assume I've never installed
> > Linux on a SPARC before, and it has been years since I even installed
> > Solaris :-) ), I have a V480 I can help test with.
> 
> I can add Ultra 60 as "tested, known working" to the list. I plan to try an
> Ultra 1 when I get the chance.
> 
> If you need any help installing FC12 you'd be best off looking at the last
> month or so of activity on this list first but it is pretty much as simple
> as burning an ISO and hitting Stop+A followed by boot cdrom at the
> OpenProm. From there on in it's pretty much your standard linux/x86 style
> install.
> 
> Append "updates=http://sparc.koji.fedoraproject.org/updates.img" to the
> SILO boot prompt for the revised image with fixed partitioning.
> Post-install, disable prelink and initially at least, you'll probably need
> selinux off too. That's it.
none of the above is necessary with the beta iso. I need to announce its 
existance.

anaconda in Beta has the partitioning fix, prelink disabled and a kernel thats 
ok with selinux in enforcing mode.

> Any major problems then ask on the list or email me directly - if we don't
> disturb the devs they'll have more time left for hacking away on FC13 :)

please keep it on the list so we know what issue to fix/doccument work arounds 
for.

Dennis
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