Re: Fedora 16 is released

[Kevin Thomas <axel2078@gmail.com>]

I'm downloading the 32-bit Live CD and the installation DVD for Fedora 16 now.  Since tomorrow is my daughter's birthday party and I'm cleaning house with the wife, it will probably be a few days before I can test this out.

Kevin

On Nov 11, 2011, at 12:35 PM, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:

> Kevin,
> 
> Trying only the 64-bit Live CD gives you one data point. You can't draw
> reliable conclusions from just one data point. If the 32-bit Live CD
> works, for example, then the problem is probably not your hardware and
> you would want to bugzilla the 64-bit Live CD.
> 
> There is one thing that Fedora 16 (and 15, for that matter) absolutely
> requires and that's >600 MB of system RAM. Does your laptop have 1G or
> more?
> 
> --Doc
> 
> On Thu, 2011-11-10 at 08:47 -0600, Kevin Thomas wrote:
>> No, I haven't tried the 32-bit Live CD yet or the installation DVD.
>> I'm thinking it's just my particular hardware in my new Dell XPS
>> laptop because I was able to boot from the Fedora 15 Live CD on my  9
>> year old laptop and install it just fine, but when I tried it on my
>> new laptop, it just dropped me to the Dracut debug shell while it was
>> booting.  I tried the Fedora 15 32-bit Live CD, 64-bit Live CD, and
>> the installation DVD and none of them would boot.  At least this time,
>> with the Fedora 16 Live CD, it gave me an error saying it couldn't
>> find the live image, but I still don't know how to fix it or why this
>> is happening on a fairly new laptop. Although I just bought this XPS a
>> few months ago, this particular model has been sold by Dell for close
>> to a year now.
>> 
>> On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 7:26 PM, Robert G. (Doc) Savage
>> <dsavage@peaknet.net> wrote:
>>        Kevin,
>> 
>>        Live CDs don't get quite the same rigorous testing that
>>        Installation
>>        DVDs do. Suggest you file a bug report in Bugzilla
>>        (https://bugzilla.redhat.com) against that particular Live CD.
>>        Corrections (re-spins) are fairly common for Live CDs.
>> 
>>        I don't suppose you tried a 32-bit Live CD....?
>> 
>>        --Doc
>> 
>> 
>>        On Wed, 2011-11-09 at 08:13 -0600, Kevin Thomas wrote:
>>> I downloaded the live cd.
>>> 
>>> On Nov 9, 2011 6:35 AM, "Robert G. (Doc) Savage"
>>        <dsavage@peaknet.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>        Kevin,
>>> 
>>>        "I just downloaded the Fedora 16 64-bit iso"
>>> 
>>>        Which iso did you download? One of the live CDs or
>>        the
>>>        installation DVD?
>>> 
>>>        --Doc
>>> 
>>>        On Tue, 2011-11-08 at 17:31 -0600, Kevin Thomas
>>        wrote:
>>>> I just downloaded the Fedora 16 64-bit iso a
>>        couple hours
>>>        ago and
>>>> burned it to disc. I'm trying to boot off the disc
>>        on my
>>>        Dell XPS
>>>> laptop. However, it fails to boot (just like
>>        Fedora 15 did),
>>>        but with
>>>> a different error message. The error message I got
>>        seemed to
>>>        suggest
>>>> it couldn't find the root partition on the disc.
>>        This is
>>>        what it said:
>>>> 
>>>> dracut Warning: No root device
>>>> 
>>        "live:/dev/disk/by-label/Fedora-16-x86_64-Live-Desktop.is"
>>>        is found
>>>> 
>>>> Dropping to debug shell.
>>>> 
>>>> sh: can't access tty: job control turned off
>>>> dracut:/#
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Is anyone else experiencing this? Is there a way
>>        around it?
>>>        I don't
>>>> know why I'm having so many problems on this Dell
>>        XPS
>>>        laptop.  I just
>>>> got it about 3 months ago and I've had a hell of a
>>        time
>>>        getting it to
>>>> boot from any Fedora live media, although it will
>>        boot from
>>>        Scientific
>>>> Linux media just fine.
>>>> 
>>>> On 11/08/2011 06:42 PM, Robert G. (Doc) Savage
>>        wrote:
>>>>> We got an early Veteran's Day present this week.
>>        Fedora 16
>>>        was released
>>>>> yesterday rather than Friday. You can use the
>>        attached
>>>        scripts to
>>>>> download the entire release, including the 1300+
>>        updates
>>>        that have
>>>>> already been released.
>>>>> 
>>>>> As always, edit the LOCAL_DEST and LOCAL_USER
>>        variables to
>>>        match your
>>>>> system. Put these in /usr/local/bin, chmod them
>>        to 755,
>>>        and chown them
>>>>> to root:root.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Enjoy,
>>>>> --Doc
>> 
>> 
>> 
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