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List:       linux-ia64
Subject:    [Linux-ia64] New Red Hat Linux Beta release for ia64 available
From:       Bill Nottingham <notting () redhat ! com>
Date:       2001-04-27 22:09:45
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A new Red Hat Linux beta release for ia64 is available - Wolverine.

You can get it from:

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/beta/wolverine/en/os/ia64/

ISOs are available at:

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/beta/wolverine/en/iso/ia64/

This release includes the 2.4.3 kernel + 010405 ia64 patch, the
ELILO loader, XFree86 4.0.3 (including DRI support), and other enhancements.

Recommended steppings/firmware:

   B3 or C0 processors
   Build 99 firmware (workstation)
   Build 76 firmware (server)
   
Known bugs/caveats:
    o The following software is known to be broken in this beta release:
        - KDE
        - aspell
    o Support for the following hardware is known to be broken on machines
      with more than 2 GB of memory in the Red Hat Linux Itanium beta:
        - USB
        - Compaq Smart Array 5xxx
        - Compaq Smart/2 RAID Controller
    o Upgrades are not supported.
    
For more notes, see the RELEASE-NOTES file included in the distribution.
Please report bugs/problems via bugzilla, at
   http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/

There is a mailing list you can join for discussion of this Red Hat Linux
release on ia64; to subscribe, send mail to ia64-list-request@redhat.com with

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Bill


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