Hello, I just did two installs of Beta 4. Hope this is the right place to put this.
#1. I didn't see a "Press F1 for text setup" screen. I needed this for one machine, and I finally got it after several tries, but still don't know when it was looking for it. #2. In both text and graphic installs, it never seems to ask if I had disks 2-3 - it only knows about packages on disk #1. #3. The DHCPD package that it installs has a line missing from the sample dhcpd.conf file. The error it prints in the syslog isn't helpful either, because it tells you to add a line that only gives you a different error. You need to add "ddns-update-style none" to make it work. This should be in the sample config file! #4. In the text install, after making the initial package selection, it said I didn't have enough space. The package selection apparently didn't update the "MB Needed" counter, as it never changed on the display either. However, when I hit ENTER a second time (after it refreshed the screen with my same selections), it then "took" it. #5. In the graphical install, the program never picks up my ISA NE2000 cards. There should be a way to enter your IO address and IRQ if it can't be smart enough to figure this out. #6. In both text and graphic installs, when it comes to HD partitioning, if you let it do its "auto" thing, it makes the first partition hda1, then the next hda5, hda6, etc. Is this correct? I thought hda1 should be an extended partition the full size of the drive, with the first logical drive (hda5) being the first linux partition. Is this not totally correct? #7. In the text install, on the screen where you select what to run on startup, it just shows a big list - there is no description anywhere that can be seen what this list actually is. Another cosmetic thing: parts of the network installation box (when it found my NE2kpci card) remained on the screen for the rest of the install. #8. In at least the text install (and maybe the graphic install), it didn't install the telnet client (which I had selected to install). On doing a rpm -ihv of the package, it installed, but gave some DB2 error. The telnet client seems to work ok. That is all so far. Bob
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