Gripes, gripes: F8 Live, F8 DVD, i6000

[Rick Stevens]

On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 21:40 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Alexander Volovics wrote:
> > Installing F8 on a Dell i6000 laptop:
> > 
> > 1) Using the DVD:
> > 
> >    The install comes no further than 'running /sbin/loader'
> >    and then stops. Nothing happens anymore.
> >    This is a curious regression from F8 test 3 where I had no
> >    such problems!
> > 
> >    Maybe this can be solved using one or other kernel parameter
> >    but then you have to go and search the internet for a list
> >    or have the kernel documentation at hand.
> >    A complete list with comments should be available in a README
> >    included on the DVD and a reference included in the Release Notes.
> 
> See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bugs/F8Common and
> 
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KernelCommonProblems
> 
> > 2) Using the Live CD:
> >  
> >    Here we have a really nasty omission in the Release Notes:
> >    
> >    The install from the Live CD seems to have changed.
> >    You no longer get the second stage 'postinstall configuration'.
> 
> You mean firstboot doesn't run? If so, that is not by design and you 
> should be filing a bug report  (I saw some discussions on firstboot not 
> running if the network connected failed but haven't seen any bug reports 
> filed yet) along with the rest of the gripes mentioned. Thanks.

Firstboot sort of ran for me from a DVD install in text mode (is anyone
going to ever fix the sync issues for a Planar PE1900?  I bugzilla'd
it months ago), but firstboot did NOT offer to set up a user.  Come to
think of it, it didn't under F8T3, either.

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