Well, here it is... a preview anyway. For those of you on the edge of your
seat waiting for an AMD64 version of Fedora Core 1, we present a preview.
ISOs will not be provided for this release, but everything is there for
an install. It is generally version synced with Fedora Core 1 and the
current updates. Please test it out, and send any questions/complaints/bugs
to me if you would before bugzilla, as this is not an official release of
any caliber yet, just a preview. I will forward what is necessary to
bugzilla.
/***************************************************************************
* WARNING: This release is a preview, it is not an official Fedora
* Core 1 Release, this is not an official Fedora Core Test Release.
* This release may very well cause damage to your data, your system,
* your pets and loved ones, and most certainly your sleep schedule.
* There is no guarantee of any type on performance, stability, or
* your sanity. Use at your own risk.
***************************************************************************/
Now that the formality is out of the way, the tree is available at:
http://fedora.linux.duke.edu/fc1_x86_64/
Enjoy, and let me know. We will be working diligently in the background to
move closer to a stable Fedora Core system for AMD64.
KNOWN ISSUES:
- SATA: Some SATA controllers, notably Sil, do not work
- ACPI is not really functional on NForce 3. Please install and boot with
acpi=off
- Mozilla: both 32-bit and 64-bit mozilla are installed. This is to meet
the dependencies of other installed applications. A system to handle
user selection at boot time has not been implemented yet. Current work
around is to pull /usr/bin/mozilla from the 32-bit package as
/usr/bin/mozilla32 and 64-bit as mozilla64, then just link your
preference to /usr/bin/mozilla. The standard plugins do work in Mozilla
32-bit.
- No documentation (release notes, etc) has been updated, and
fedora-release is still synced with FC1 (IE wrong for preview)
- If you are looking to use this kernel on i686, etc. I have not updated
the config files for anything but x86_64 yet. The kernel should build
and work fine, but the SRPM will probably complain when 'make oldconfig'
asks for input.
I am sure I am leaving something out, it is late, and I am eternally short
on sleep, let me know what else you find.
Thanks,
Justin M. Forbes
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