F12aRC2 install report: success

[G.Wolfe Woodbury]

On 08/24/2009 10:34 AM, Adam Jackson wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-08-21 at 17:22 -0400, G.Wolfe Woodbury wrote:
>> Downloaded the DVD iso and netinst.iso.  Unpacked DVD into local repo
>> for NFS install.  Used netinst.iso to boot.
>>
>> Had to specify 'radeon.modeset=0' and 'xdriver=vesa' to get a successful
>> boot on my hardware.
>
> What hardware?  What was the failure mode with just radeon.modeset=0 ?
>
> - ajax

I gave the smolt id
i686 (Celeron) ATA discs radeon QD 7200 etc...

failure mode is that the initial window shows just a weave of short 
colored lines and no buttons.

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G.Wolfe Woodbury