I just downloaded the Shrike binaries and attempted to do an upgrade of
a Red Hat 8 system using the 'hard disk install' option on one of my
machines. That one runs a RAID-1 array. Anaconda did a Python puke
shortly after the message 'graphical installation not available for hard
disk install' appeared. It came up with a screen telling me an error was
encountered which is most likely a bug. When I have more time I'll try
to reproduce this error and post it to Bugzilla.

I then turned to another machine and tried upgrading that to Red Hat 9,
this time installing from NFS images. The first attempt to boot after
installation the system hung by its toes when starting X. This is a
system that was once connected to a Dell D1226H monitor, and the
XF86Config script still shows this even though I am using a no-name
branded, small 15" monitor. The new monitor wasn't detected by Kudzu
when I first hooked it up and I had forgotten to manually update the
XF86Config script. The X system in Red Hat 8 seems able to live with
this -- the one in Red Hat 9 cannot.

I will get around to fixing this with the rescue disk, but before doing
that I might try booting to a spare hard disk in that box and doing a
clean installation of 'Shrike' to see how the installer generates the
XF86Config file.

What this totals to is that anaconda should be checking the XF86Config
file during the 'upgrade' process and bringing any inconsistencies to
the user's attention. If it can't detect a Dell D1226H even though the
config file has it listed there -- then the installer should say
something. 

Lastly can someone tell me how to make the mediacheck feature work for
iso's in an NFS directory? Typing 'linux mediacheck' produces a
mediacheck that expects physical CDs. How do I do this over NFS?

Thanks

Bob Cochran
Greenbelt, Maryland, USA






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