Bug 34874
Summary: | Installer CD drive read incpability, and more probs | ||
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Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | Need Real Name <jdh> |
Component: | installer | Assignee: | Brent Fox <bfox> |
Status: | CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE | QA Contact: | Brock Organ <borgan> |
Severity: | high | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | high | ||
Version: | 7.0 | ||
Target Milestone: | --- | ||
Target Release: | --- | ||
Hardware: | i386 | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |
Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
Last Closed: | 2001-04-11 18:23:18 UTC | Type: | --- |
Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
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Description
Need Real Name
2001-04-05 11:28:03 UTC
First of all, I assume you mean Red Hat Linux 7.0...not 7.1. As of today, Red Hat Linux 7.0 is our latest official realease. Having said that, some of your points are perfectly valid. The class of installation (Workstation, Server, etc.) could be more clear (although it is explained to some degree in the online help in the installer.) However, once you select a method and go to the next screen, the installation of the RPMs does not start...the packages aren't installed until almost the very end of the install while the installation method selection takes place very early (the fourth or fifth screen). Furthermore, it is possible to back up and choose another installation method. Just keep pressing back. You are right about LILO. It is not perfect. It can't do certain things like booting off a RAID 5 partition. However, other operating systems (such as MS Windows NT, 2000, etc.) will write over your master boot record too. They don't even give you the choice. With the Red Hat installer, you have the option of installing LILO to the MBR, first sector of the boot partition, or even not at all. But on the whole, you are correct. Our installer isn't flawless, but that's why we have bugzilla...it helps track down defects in the product and it really helps improve stability and reliability as time goes by. |