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Fedora Core 3 Release Notes
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Introduction
The Fedora Project is an openly-developed project designed by Red Hat, open for general participation, led by a meritocracy, and following a set of project objectives. The results from this project include Fedora Core, a complete, general-purpose operating system built exclusively from open source software.
Note
Fedora Core is not a supported product of Red Hat, Inc.
For more information, refer to the Fedora Project overview later in this document.
The following topics related to Fedora Core 3 are covered in this document:
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Introduction (this section)
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Hardware requirements
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Overview of this release
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Installation-related notes
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Package-specific notes
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Packages added/removed/deprecated
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An overview of the Fedora Project
Hardware Requirements
The following information represents the minimum hardware requirements necessary to successfully install Fedora Core 3.
Note
The compatibility/availability of other hardware components (such as video and network cards) may be required for specific installation modes and/or post-installation usage.
CPU Requirements
This section lists the CPU specifications required by Fedora Core 3.
Note
The following CPU specifications are stated in terms of Intel processors. Other processors (notably, offerings from AMD, Cyrix, and VIA) that are compatible with and equivalent to the following Intel processors may also be used with Fedora Core.
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Minimum: Pentium-class
Fedora Core 3 is optimized for Pentium 4 CPUs, but also supports earlier CPUs (such as Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III, and including AMD and VIA variants). This approach has been taken because Pentium-class optimizations actually result in reduced performance for non-Pentium-class processors, and Pentium 4 scheduling is sufficiently different (while making up the bulk of today's processors) to warrant this change.
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Recommended for text-mode: 200 MHz Pentium-class or better
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Recommended for graphical: 400 MHz Pentium II or better
Hard Disk Space Requirements
This section lists the disk space required to install Fedora Core 3.
Note
The disk space requirements listed below represent the disk space taken up by Fedora Core 3 after the installation is complete. However, additional disk space is required during the installation to support the installation environment. This additional disk space corresponds to the size of /Fedora/base/stage2.img (on CD-ROM 1) plus the size of the files in /var/lib/rpm on the installed system.
In practical terms, this means that as little as an additional 90MB can be required for a minimal installation, while as much as an additional 175MB can be required for an "everything" installation.
Also, keep in mind that additional space will be required for any user data, and at least 5% free space should be maintained for proper system operation.
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Custom Installation (Minimal): 620MB
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Server: 1.1GB
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Personal Desktop: 2.3GB
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Workstation: 3.0GB
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Custom Installation (Everything): 6.9GB
Memory Requirements
This section lists the memory required to install Fedora Core 3.
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Minimum for text-mode: 64MB
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Minimum for graphical: 192MB
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Recommended for graphical: 256MB
Overview of This Release
The following list includes brief summaries of some of the more significant aspects of Fedora Core 3:
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Fedora Core 3 contains the following changes:
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GCC 3.4
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GNOME 2.8
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KDE 3.3
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SELinux — This includes a new "targeted" policy that monitors specific daemons with less intrusion than the strict policy in use before. This policy is enabled by default. For more information, refer to:
http://fedora.redhat...cs/selinux-faq/
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Indic language support
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Firefox and Mozilla can be enabled with pango rendering support, which enables many text layout features, including the rendering of CTL (Complex Text Layout) such as Indic languages. To enable this, set the following environment variable when running Firefox or Mozilla:
MOZ_ENABLE_PANGO=1
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Kernel and e2fsprogs support for online growing of ext3 file systems
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Various desktop-related features, including, but not limited to:
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Remote desktops using VNC (http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-desktop-list/2004-June/msg00007.html)
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Printing improvements (http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2004-June/msg00370.html)
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Evolution 2.0
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VMware WS 4.5.2 is known to work on Fedora Core 3 after the following workarounds are used:
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You must upgrade the kernel modules and configuration using the unofficial vmware-any-any-* toolkit available from:
http://platan.vc.cvu...ftp/pub/vmware/
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After vmware-config.pl is run and the VMware modules are loaded, the following command creates the /sys/class/* nodes needed for udev:
cp -rp /dev/vm* /etc/udev/devices/
Installation-Related Notes
This section outlines those issues that are related to Anaconda (the Fedora Core installation program) and installing Fedora Core 3 in general.
Note
If you intend to download the Fedora Core 3 DVD ISO image, keep in mind that not all file downloading tools can accommodate files larger than 2GB in size. For example, wget will exit with a File size limit exceeded error.
The curl and ncftpget file downloading tools do not have this limitation, and can successfully download files larger than 2GB.
Anaconda Notes
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The Fedora Core installation program has the ability to test the integrity of the installation media. It works with the CD, DVD, hard drive ISO, and NFS ISO installation methods. Red Hat recommends that you test all installation media before starting the installation process, and before reporting any installation-related bugs (many of the bugs reported are actually due to improperly-burned CDs). To use this test, type linux mediacheck at the boot: prompt.
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Memory testing may be performed prior to installing Fedora Core by entering memtest86 at the boot: prompt. This causes the Memtest86 standalone memory testing software to run. Memtest86 memory testing continues until the Esc key is pressed.
NOTE: You must boot from CD-ROM 1 (or a rescue CD-ROM) in order to use this feature.
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Fedora Core 3 supports graphical FTP and HTTP installations. However, due to the necessity of containing the installer image in RAM, only systems with more than 128MB of RAM (or systems booted from CD-ROM 1, which contains the installer image) can use the graphical installer. Systems with 128MB or less will continue to use the text-based installer.
Installation-Related Issues
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Certain hardware configurations (particularly those with LCD displays) may experience problems while starting the Fedora Core installation program. In these instances, restart the installation, and add the "nofb" option to the boot command line.
NOTE: Chinese, Japanese, and Korean graphical installations started using the "nofb" option will start in English, and then switch to the appropriate language once the graphical phase of the installation process begins.
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Some Sony VAIO® notebook systems may experience problems installing Fedora Core from CD-ROM. If this happens, restart the installation process and add the following option to the boot command line:
pci=off ide1=0x180,0x386
This option allows the installation to proceed normally; any devices not detected due to the use of this option will be configured the first time Fedora Core is booted.
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Serial mice are known to be inoperative during installation. However, there are indications that serial mice work properly in X after the installation has completed. Refer to bug 119474 for more information:
http://bugzilla.redh...g.cgi?id=119474
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There have been issues observed when upgrading Red Hat Linux 7.<x>, 8.0, 9, and Fedora Core 1 systems running Ximian GNOME. The issue is caused by version overlap between the official Red Hat Linux RPMs (or the ones from the Fedora Project) and the Ximian RPMs. This configuration is not supported. You have several choices in resolving this issue:
1) You may remove Ximian GNOME from your system prior to upgrading to Fedora Core.
2) You may upgrade your system, and then immediately reinstall Ximian GNOME.
3) You may upgrade your system, and then immediately remove all remaining Ximian RPMs, replacing them with the corresponding Fedora Core RPMs.
You must resolve the version overlap using one of the above choices. Failure to do so will result in an unstable GNOME configuration.
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