some questions regarding FC3t2 release notes

[Robert P. J. Day]

   (repost of what was sent to anaconda list since it mostly involved 
installation.)


   reading the FC3t2 release notes, some curiosities:

1) "The disk space requirements listed below represent the disk space taken up 
by Fedora Core 2.91 Test 2 after the installation is complete. However, 
additional disk space is required during the installation to support the 
installation environment. This additional disk space corresponds to the size of 
/Fedora/base/stage2.img (on CD-ROM 1) plus the size of the files in 
/var/lib/rpm on the installed system."

   this suggests that the stage2.img file is copied to the hard drive during the 
installation, so that makes sense.  but i don't understand why the stuff under 
/var/lib/rpm would be considered an "additional" space requirement above and 
beyond the regular install.  it's all still there after the installation is 
complete.

   can someone clarify why the contents of /var/lib/rpm would be considered an 
"additional" space requirement?


2) i could have sworn that someone posted that SELinux was disabled by default 
during the install, but during my install, it was definitely activated, and i 
had to manually turn it off.


3) "Memory testing may be performed prior to installing Fedora Core by entering 
memtest86 at the boot: prompt. This causes the Memtest86 standalone memory 
testing software to run. Memtest86 memory testing continues until the Esc key 
is pressed."

"NOTE: You must boot from CD-ROM 1 (or a rescue CD-ROM) in order to use this 
feature."

   um ... i'm pretty sure memtest is also part of boot.iso and diskboot.img, no? 
the way the above is worded is a bit misleading.


4) regarding space required for installation:

"... Minimum for graphical: 192MB ..."

"... However, due to the necessity of containing the installer image in RAM, 
only systems with more than 128MB of RAM (or systems booted from CD-ROM 1, 
which contains the installer image) can use the graphical installer."

   and the correct minimum value would be ... ?


more later as i keep reading.


rday