FC5 - good when installed, difficult to install

[Pedro Fernandes Macedo]

Timothy Murphy wrote:
> I see now there are suggestions that one should stop dma on the CD-reader,
> though I haven't seen any precise instructions on how to do this,
> and it does not seem to be mentioned in the documentation I have read.
>
>   
Boot with "linux nodma"
> I would have tried installing from hard disk,
> though I noticed that this is no longer offered as an installation option.
>
>   
Boot with "linux askmethod" or use the boot.iso image.
> Actually, X did not work after the upgrade.
> I found this was due to the fact that xorg now uses xfs to access fonts
> rather than explicit FontPath's.
> (Maybe this change was older than FC5?
> I may have been using a compiled version of xorg.)
>   
As far as I can recall, X uses xfs at least from FC2 forward. I dont 
have a FC1 install handy , but I believe that was also true on that version.

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Pedro Macedo