F14 Beta RC3 install from DVD is a world of hurt.

Adam Williamson awilliam at redhat.com
Sun Sep 26 17:43:39 UTC 2010


On Sun, 2010-09-26 at 10:42 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:

> > The system is an Asus EeePC 1005P. Installation was with a USB DVD drive 
> > - as these don't have DVD drives built in.
> 
> Then your bug is likely a dupe of 627789.
> 
> Please, don't say you're installing from a DVD when you're not. :)
> Installing from DVD is indeed a basic requirement that is tested many
> times before a release is validated. Installing from the DVD image
> written to a USB stick is not the same thing at all and is not such a
> basic requirement. If you give the wrong impression about how you're
> installing, it's likely to lead to confusion.

Gack, ignore me, I can't read. USB stick != USB DVD drive. Sigh. May
well still have the same root cause, though.
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