As with Severn beta1 (RH 9.0.93), Fedora Core (RH 9.0.94) did not install until after three attempts. Previous betas (wolverine, etc) always installed on the first attempt.
Download ISO's:
Bittorrent was *disappointingly slooooow*. I could have latched on to a mirror and gotten the three CD's much faster using mozilla.
Run md5sums, ISO's check out OK, burnt 'em with K3b. Burn successful _no error_ messages whatever.
Boot, check media = OK, proceed ... and THEN --->
With Fedora, my first install resulted in a kernel oops (evinced by my flashing keyboard lights. Because it refused to create the boot disk (two previously used 1.44M diskettes in my LS-120 drive aka /dev/hdb).
Second try: "Install Everything": "error installing ncurses 5.3.9 ... you may have insufficient space [on a 20 Gb drive!!!??] or this might indicate a hardware defect" ... hmm, maybe my] Quantum is failing?
Third try: "Custom" ... <*WHEW*>!!! finally, success!
Old or previous bugs resurface: 1. Install "all packages" fails, as before: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=101078
2. In KDE, the Start Here folder is a "malformed URL"
2. My beloved RFE is still a RFE. I had to configure the scanner. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=80613 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=101078
3. After installing, redhat-configure-packages, keeps insisting on "install disk". Install only works from the console window or by clicking on the icons in the nautilus CD window.
4. Autologin dialog "unreadable" https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=101511
5. Kmail still misbehaves: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=102532
6. Since the Start Here is malformed in KDE, I can't add startup programs. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=102533
Graphical boot is indeed faster. Should I remove sendmail to speed up things? During installation, I'm pretty sure I saw something mentioned about a joystick configuration applet, but I find no such item.
Elton