Request for Testing of Installer X Configuration on PPC

[Mike Hammill]

Dear Paul,

On Sun, 2005-06-05 at 23:06, Paul Nasrat wrote:

> Could you try a later boot cd of rawhide, or verify against FC4 test3.

It might have been a bit lost in my previous pst, but I did test it
against FC4 test 3 (iso files dated May 26, 2005).  The system itself
reports "Fedora Core release 3.9.2 (Pre-FC4)"/"kernel
2.6.11-1.1286_FC4".  I have steered clear of rawhide because I was under
the impression that the only safe way to install it was rsyncing it to a
NFS server then netbooting, which is unfortunately beyond my available
resources to try.  Is the boot image you're suggesting "boot.iso" under:

http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/ppc/images/mac/

If so, it appears to be from 8 June 2005.

> Hmm what happens if you boot with offb to use OF fb rather than
> radeonfb.

To try this is it correct that I change yaboot.conf to contain:

append="video=offb"?  I read that using the OF framebuffer disables the
radeonfb and also gives one a slower driver.  Is that the idea behind
the test?

> Please file a bug so things get tracked.  

OK, I'll try to get to it.  Might take a few days.  Thanks for the
advice.

/Mike