On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 5:35 AM, Urs Beyerle <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If you want to test SL53 beta without installing, I have made some first LiveCD/DVD based on
> Scientific Linux 5.3 Beta 1:
>
> Download:
> http://www.livecd.ethz.ch/download/testing/53/
>
> New SL LiveCD Webpage:
> http://www.livecd.ethz.ch
>
> Feedback is very welcome.

Thanks, Urs, as always for your hard work.  I asked a few of my
friends to test the LiveCDs.  I am copying a result sent back from one
of them below.  I also plan to do some test shortly.

Akemi

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Quick note about SL-53beta x86_64 LiveCD...

Laptop (HP with amd dual core):

Did not detect my wireless (Broadcom BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 03) ).
The bcm43xx module did load manually without error, but still no
wireless. System-config-network didn't show anything useful.

Desktop (Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe motherboard with amd dual core, nvidia
graphics):

It guessed the wrong display resolution (actual is 1680 x 1050 - 22\u201d
widescreen).

Detected my RaLink RT2561/RT61 wireless (Linksys WMP54G rev. 4.1), but
did not connect to wlan. Lsmod showed lots of ralink modules loaded
(rt2x00lib, rt2x00pci, rt61pci). Even with access point security
disabled, it could not see the wlan. System-config-network showed the
wireless parameters as you might expect and the NetworkManager editor
showed what looked like a functional wlan setup. Dud.

Properly detected the software raids and lvm components. It would make a
good repair/setup cd.

A warning: It resets your hardware clock on the way
out.  My hardware time (local, not GMT) on both systems was of by 5 hr
after reboot (I am UCT minus 5 here).

Summary:

Works, but did not get either wireless to work (neither worked before
without additional drivers).

Would make a good repair/setup cd.