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Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:50:29 -0500
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The second Beta release for Scientific Linux 5.5 has been released for
both i386 and x86_64.

The biggest even for Beta 2 was the update of anaconda to the version 
that comes with RHEL 5.5.
We have also added and updated the Intel wireless firmware/

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DOWNLOAD INFO
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      http://ftp1.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/i386
      http://ftp1.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/x86_64
 
http://ftp1.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/iso/i386/dvd/
http://ftp1.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/iso/x86_64/dvd/

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CHANGES Since Alpha 2
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**	anaconda-11.1.2.209-2.SL.x86_64.rpm
**	anaconda-runtime-11.1.2.209-2.SL.x86_64.rpm
**
**	Updated anaconda so that we are now at 5.5's version
**	XFS Utilities are now in the rescue image (i386: Missed Beta release, 
will be RC1)
**	x86_64 only: Can now boot off an xfs partition.
**	Brent Bates provided the XFS anaconda patches.

**fuse-sshfs
**
**	Updated to version 2.2
   i386:
**	fuse-sshfs-2.2-1.SL.i386.rpm (Missed Beta release, will be RC1)
   x86_64:
**	fuse-sshfs-2.2-1.SL.x86_64.rpm

**Intel wireless firmware (ucode)
**
**	Updated ipw2200-firmware
**	Added iwlwifi-6000-ucode
**
**	ipw2200-firmware-3.1-1.noarch.rpm
**	iwlwifi-6000-ucode-9.193.4.1-1.el5.noarch.rpm

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KNOWN BUGS
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For both i386 and x86_64 openafs-kernel-source is not on the DVD.
This has already been fixed, just not in time for the Beta release.

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Security Errata Updates
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    i386:
**	kdebase-3.5.4-21.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
**	kdebase-devel-3.5.4-21.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
**	nss_db-2.2-35.4.el5_5.i386.rpm
**	scsi-target-utils-0.0-6.20091205snap.el5_5.2.i386.rpm
**	sudo-1.7.2p1-6.el5_5.i386.rpm
**	wireshark-1.0.11-1.el5_5.5.i386.rpm
**	wireshark-gnome-1.0.11-1.el5_5.5.i386.rpm
**	kexec-tools-1.102pre-96.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
**	lvm2-2.02.56-8.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
**	tzdata-2010i-1.el5.i386.rpm
**	tzdata-java-2010i-1.el5.i386.rpm
**	xorg-x11-server-sdk-1.1.1-48.76.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
**	xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-1.1.1-48.76.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
**	xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-1.1.1-48.76.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
**	xorg-x11-server-Xnest-1.1.1-48.76.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
**	xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.1.1-48.76.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
**	xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.1.1-48.76.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
**	xorg-x11-server-Xvnc-source-1.1.1-48.76.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
    x86_64:
**	kdebase-3.5.4-21.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
**	kdebase-3.5.4-21.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
**	kdebase-devel-3.5.4-21.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
**	kdebase-devel-3.5.4-21.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
**	nss_db-2.2-35.4.el5_5.i386.rpm
**	nss_db-2.2-35.4.el5_5.x86_64.rpm
**	scsi-target-utils-0.0-6.20091205snap.el5_5.2.x86_64.rpm
**	sudo-1.7.2p1-6.el5_5.x86_64.rpm
**	wireshark-1.0.11-1.el5_5.5.x86_64.rpm
**	wireshark-gnome-1.0.11-1.el5_5.5.x86_64.rpm
**	kexec-tools-1.102pre-96.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
**	lvm2-2.02.56-8.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
**	tzdata-2010i-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
**	tzdata-java-2010i-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
**	xorg-x11-server-sdk-1.1.1-48.76.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
**	xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-1.1.1-48.76.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
**	xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-1.1.1-48.76.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
**	xorg-x11-server-Xnest-1.1.1-48.76.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
**	xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.1.1-48.76.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
**	xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.1.1-48.76.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
**	xorg-x11-server-Xvnc-source-1.1.1-48.76.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm

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