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Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
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Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 2 Mar 2009 13:55:48 -0600
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Patrick wrote:
> I have tested SL5.3RC1 on my Proliant testserver with sata RAID
> configuration (Promise FastTrak Sata150) and was pleased to see that
> SL had little trouble with it (where Fedora 11 alpha (!), Debian 5.0
> and SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 failed to detect and configure
> it). RHEL, SL and CentOS seem to have no problems with it (SUSE
> complained that only a 2.4 kernel would support it, a 2.6 kernel would
> not?!?).
> 
> One thing I came across (just with previous versions of RHEL, SL,
> CentOS, etc.) is the problem that not all monitors are
> automatically/correctly detected. This results in problems when you
> reboot into graphical mode after the installation (firstboot has no
> problems). Details are in the bugreport
> (https://www.scientificlinux.org/bug.feature/bugs/15/pcng_issue_view).
> Would it be an idea to make notice of this in the release notes
> (section "Issues"?).
> 
> I do not mention this bug (again) to argue with people who don't seem
> to have this problem (and keep informing me I have something
> isolated), but rather because the new Fedora 11 alpha seems to solve
> this problem by introducing a "install with default driver" option
> with the grub menu on their installation dvd. That was a good idea,
> because where RHEL/SL/CentOS didn't give me graphical problems during
> install, the new Fedora did also mess up my graphics during the
> graphical installation (unless I selected the "default driver"
> option).
> 
> Hope it is helpful.
> 
> Regards,
> Patrick

Got it.
It's in under the "Limitations" section.  I did a little editing, but 
it's close to what you had written.

Troy
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