[SATLUG] Problems burning FC4-Test2

[Thomas Cameron]

FWIW it installs just fine on the vast majority of systems.  I say go for 
it.  I mean, it *is* a test release, so you shouldn't have exceptionally 
high expectations, but it is pretty solid thus far.

TC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles Mims" <chmims at gmail.com>
To: "The San Antonio Linux User's Group Mailing List" <satlug at satlug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: [SATLUG] Problems burning FC4-Test2


> Thanks for the info.  Not sure if I will bite the bullet and install
> Test2 or wait for the final release.  Probably not a problem, but does
> generate some hesistation on my part.
>
> On 4/25/05, Thomas Cameron <thomas.cameron at camerontech.com> wrote:
>> Alan Cox just spoke to this yesterday or today on the Fedora test list.
>> It's a bug.  Don't use mediacheck.  It won't work past FC3, period.  The 
>> IDE
>> maintainer is apparently not interested in fixing it.  Alan has an -ac
>> kernel that fixes it but his fix has apparently not been accepted 
>> upstream.
>>
>> Thomas
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Charles Mims" <chmims at gmail.com>
>> To: <tweeksjunk2 at theweeks.org>; "The San Antonio Linux User's Group 
>> Mailing
>> List" <satlug at satlug.org>
>> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 7:44 PM
>> Subject: Re: [SATLUG] Problems burning FC4-Test2
>>
>> > Unfortunately I always do that.  And they check just fine.  Evidently
>> > there is some problem with FC4-Test2 since several people have
>> > reported this problem.  For me the recommended solution as posted by
>> > Thomas Cameron (linux ide=nodma) does not work for me.
>> >
>> > On 4/24/05, Tom Weeks <tweeksjunk2 at theweeks.org> wrote:
>> >> On Sunday 17 April 2005 19:53, Thomas Cameron wrote:
>> >> > On Sun, 2005-04-17 at 12:50 -0500, Charles Mims wrote:
>> >> > > I have downloaded FC4-Test2 from several sites.  Tried to burn 
>> >> > > using
>> >> > > different media.  But when I test the disks before installing they
>> >> > > have all failed.
>> >>
>> >> Run an md5sum on the ISO images that you downloaded.. If they don't 
>> >> match
>> >> the MD5SUMs that are published with the ISOs, then get them elsewhere.
>> >>
>> >> Tweeks
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