[wplug] Fedora Core 9 Notes:

[Jason Dunn]

I've been running FC9 64-bit on a laptop for a couple months now, and
besides some wireless problems that were kernel related (fixed now)
and my resume not always working, I've had no problems worth speaking
of with FC9.  I did download the DVD and installation was fine for me.
 The DVD check still fails as far as I know, but it doesn't mean
anything as the install has always worked for me.

Jason

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 7:56 AM, Weber, Lawrence A <laweber at switch.com> wrote:
> I have been installing Fedora Core 9 over the last few days and wanted to
> share some observations about the installation.  I would appreciate comments
> from others with Core 9 installation experience.
>
> First I downloaded and burned a copy of the DVD (i386).  This was rejected
> as missing a file.
>
> I then downloaded and burned the CD's.  Disk 2 was reported as having an
> error.
>
> I re-downloaded the CD's and DVD's, verified the sha1 checksums and burned
> new CD's and DVD.  The DVD was reported to be missing a file.  The first CD
> checked good but all others checked bad.  I rechecked the CD's and they all
> reported good???
>
> I started the install from the CD's and all started fine.  The second CD was
> not accepted but the second CD from the first burn (previously bad) was
> accepted???   The third CD would not be accepted from either burn.
>
> I replaced the DVD drive with a known good CD drive and started fresh.  Same
> flaky results.
>
> I discovered that if I did not close the CD drive and just clicked on the
> display button that the drive would close and the disk would be accepted.
> At least most of the time.
>
> After the installation all looked to be good until I tried to adjust the
> clock time through the GNOME GUI.  I could adjust the time but when I
> entered my root password in the authentication window, it was repeatedly
> rejected.  The password check out elsewhere so I know it was entered
> correctly.  After a few rejections, I hit cancel and the new time was
> accepted???
>
> I then started to apply updates.  After a while the system started
> to display "sleep" and "hibernation" problems windows.  Selecting any button
> in these windows just shut them.
>
> I let the update run overnight and this morning found several error reports
> related to a notepad tool.  I guess I will be debugging that tonight.
>
> This PC had previously run Windows 2000 and Fedora Core 8 with no problems,
> (I may have to go back to 8).
>
> Fedora Core 9's project name is "Sulphur", could it be that this distro is
> named appropriately?
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