[Fedora-ia64-list] Fedora9 ia64 now available

[Zhan, Yi]

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> From: fedora-ia64-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:fedora-ia64-list-
> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Prarit Bhargava
> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 9:13 PM
> To: ia64 Fedora Core Development
> Subject: [Fedora-ia64-list] Fedora9 ia64 now available
> 
> = Release notes for F9-beta on ia64 =
> 
> 
> 
> == Welcome ==
> 
> Welcome to the F9 beta Fedora for ia64.  F9 is the

Beta? 

Yi

> first Fedora release to be officially supported on ia64.  This
> ia64 build of fedora is the first to be released under the "secondary
> architectures" project.  We have made efforts to make sure that
> the ia64 release is equal to the release of Fedora for x86, x86_64,
> ppc and ppc64, however there are some differences that should be
> noted.
> 
> General information on the Fedora-ia64 project can be found at:
> 
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/IA64
> 
> For more information about the secondary architectures project
> for Fedora see:
> 
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures
> 
> 
> == Download location ==
> 
> The beta can be downloaded from:
> 
> http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora-secondary/releases/9/
> 
> This will redirect you to one of the available mirrors for this
> content.  However, at this point there is only 1 public mirror.
> We encourage anyone who managers a public mirror site to mirror
> the secondary arch Fedora bits.  Info on how to become a Fedora
> mirror can be found at:
> 
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/Mirroring
> 
> See the section with special information on secondary arch
> mirroring.  The mirroring system also allows for setting up
> a private mirror only visible to clients connecting from a
> specific range of ip addresses (useful for users inside of
> large corporations).
> 
> == SRPM location ==
> 
> Since the ia64 release was not done in sync with the other
> architectures it does not contain identical versions on all
> packages.  Since the fedora MirrorManager assumes that SRPMs
> are identical for all arches downloading sources using yumdownloader
> will sometimes get a different version of the sources than was
> built for ia64.  The entire tree containing binaries and the
> exact sources used for this release are kept together in the
> tree.
> 
> == Bug reporting ==
> 
> Open source software survives on defect reports from end users.
> We would appreciate bugs reports if you find problems.  Bugs
> should be filed at:
> 
> http://bugzilla.redhat.com/
> 
> Use the component "Fedora" and the version "9" when you
> file a bug aginst this beta release.  Please add
> fedora-ia64-committee at redhat.com to the CC list so we can
> investigate if it is specific to our ia64 build.  Also, please
> include the full version of the package that contains the bug
> (such as anaconda-11.4.0.75-1 or kernel-2.6.25-1.fc9) since the
> versions in the ia64 beta often do not match the version that
> was shipped with the beta for other arches.
> 
> 
> == No live image ==
> 
> We do not yet have live DVD images for ia64.  We hope to have
> this for Fedora 10.
> 
> 
> == Known issues and workarounds ==
> 
> There are some known issues with this release.  An updated
> list along with workarounds can be found at:
> 
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/IA64/Workarounds
> 
> Known issues at the time of this writing are:
> 
> === /boot/efi must be "efi" type not "vfat" ===
> Manually partitioning fails if /boot/efi is selected as
> "vfat" filesystem type.  The workaround is to select "efi"
> from the list of filesystem types.  This issue is also seen
> when trying to reuse an existing /boot/efi partition.  When
> re-using an existing /boot/efi partition the installation
> will fail unless you specify to reformat it.
> 
> 
> === HP Smart Array boot failures ===
> Occasional boot failures on HP Smart Array (aka "cciss")
> devices.  This is still under investigation and it is unclear
> what the root cause is.  Users who have seen this report
> good results by booting with selinux disabled (selinux=0).
> 
> 
> === Anaconda crash on HP Smart Array with no disks ===
> When installing on a system that has an HP Smart Array card
> that has no disks configured, anaconda will crash.
> 
> The workaround is to:
> 
> * Step 1: When you get the warning "Unable to determine geometry ..."
> 
> choose "Ignore".
> 
> 
> * Step 2: When you are asked "The partition table on device cciss/c1d0
> was unreadable .... Would you like to initialize this drive,
> erasing ALL DATA?"
> 
> choose "No"
> 
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