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Revision History
Revision 1.0-61Mon Dec 05 2011Jack Reed
Release for GA of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2
Revision 1.0-60Tue Nov 29 2011Jack Reed
Updated PXE Boot Configuration section - BZ#734609
Revision 1.0-58Thu Nov 17 2011Jack Reed
Upgraded repository metadata admonition to warning - BZ#752677
Corrected minor typing errors - BZ#752675, BZ#752676
Corrected command line directory name in USB creation procedure - BZ#752673
Updated network config and firstboot screenshots - BZ#752675, BZ#752677, BZ#752681
Revision 1.0-57Tue Oct 25 2011Jack Reed
Corrected root ssh access note - BZ#741535
Revision 1.0-55Tue Oct 18 2011Rüdiger Landmann
Updated how to specify multipath devices in kickstart files - BZ#638471
Revision 1.0-54Wed Oct 5 2011Jack Reed
Added missing admonition regarding images/ folder for NFS installations to section 4.1.2- BZ#677331
Added admonition that automatic partitions cannot be encrypted in System z - BZ#742820
Revision 1.0-53Wed Oct 5 2011Jack Reed
Added admonition about root account to sshpw kickstart option - BZ#741535
Updated name of initial RAM disk folder for POWER booting - BZ#742819
Changed ignoredisk kickstart commands for multipath devices - BZ#638471
Revision 1.0-51Fri Sep 23 2011Jack Reed
Corrected typo in opening line of Chapter 38
Revision 1.0-50Thur Sep 22 2011Jack Reed
Further edits to network kickstart option - BZ#721210
Revision 1.0-49Mon Sep 19 2011Jack Reed
Moved admonitions regarding images/ folder for NFS installations. plus other edits - BZ#677331
Revision 1.0-48Thu Sep 15 2011Jack Reed
Corrected minor errors in 9.14.3, 10.1.2, 17.1.1, 24.1.1, 25.2.2.2
Added lvm to list of pre-installation environment commands - BZ#737691
Updated kickstart media information - BZ#661135
Added admonitions about manual network settings to kickstart options - BZ#721210
Revision 1.0-47Fri Sep 2 2011Jack Reed
Clarified reason /usr should not be on a separate file system - BZ#679302, BZ#735156
Revision 1.0-46Fri Sep 2 2011Jack Reed
Added remaining quotation marks to values in 26.3 - BZ#729961
Revised filenames and other details in Chapter 1 - BZ#661135
Omitted obsolete @Everything function from 32.5 - BZ#679440
Clarified auto versus manual swap file configuration - BZ#718235
Revision 1.0-45Mon Aug 29 2011Jack Reed
Changes and additions to auth or auth-config - BZ#708848
Added admonition regarding minimum --size value for partition directories - BZ#702292
Expanded rhel6 acronym in RAID kickstart option- BZ#704147
Added warnings about partitioning 64-bit x86 systems automatically - BZ#702299
Single quoted all CMSCONFFILE examples in 26.3 and 26.8 - BZ#729691
Moved admonitions regarding images/ folder to previous step - BZ#677331
Added chapter 38 on deregistering from RHN entitlement platforms - BZ#604872
Revision 1.0-44Tue Aug 23 2011Jack Reed
Added admonition to RAID kickstart option - BZ#704147
Added admonition regarding images/ folder to installation prep - BZ#677331
Revision 1.0-43Mon Aug 15 2011Jack Reed
Changed starting sizes for growable partitions — BZ#680812
Edited server source for ks kickstart option — BZ#653655
Corrected subscription-manager name — BZ#711691
Corrected nss-pam-ldapd name and described disableldaptls switch — BZ#682862, BZ#729248
Single quoted CMSCONFFILE example — BZ#729691
Removed ext4 warning for adding partitions-s390 — BZ#680433
Added asknetwork option to beginning Kickstart installation options — BZ#727612
Added admonition to skipx in kickstart guide — BZ#723832
Broadened GNOME reference to Desktop overall — BZ#692967
Unchecked RHN update box in firstboot — BZ#729167
Removed wrong default value for network layer mode — BZ#664024
Added step to USB flash drive installation procedure — BZ#702382
Revision 1.0-42Fri Aug 12 2011Rüdiger Landmann
Updated Entitlements information per dlackey@redhat.com
Revision 1.0-41Thu May 19 2011Rüdiger Landmann
Build for 6.1 GA
Revision 1.0-40Mon May 16 2011Rüdiger Landmann
Typos and general language fixes — BZ#696868
Revision 1.0-39Tue May 10 2011Rüdiger Landmann
Generalise boot process in appendix F — BZ#580356
Revision 1.0-38Tue May 10 2011Rüdiger Landmann
Include greater detail about UEFI — BZ#580356
Revision 1.0-37Mon May 9 2011Rüdiger Landmann
Major updates and clarifications to networking during installation — BZ#679104
Revision 1.0-36Fri May 6 2011Rüdiger Landmann
Update iSCSI procedures — BZ#681838
Clarify blacklisting — BZ#659795
Revision 1.0-35Wed Apr 20 2011Rüdiger Landmann
Clarify NFS installation instructions — BZ#682729
Revision 1.0-34Tue Apr 19 2011Rüdiger Landmann
Remove Xen reference, update driver update RPM screenshots — BZ#659795
Revision 1.0-33Mon Apr 18 2011Rüdiger Landmann
Correct outdated URL — BZ#696861
Replace references to joe with vi — BZ#696863
Rewrite instructions for removing Red Hat Enterprise Linux partitions — BZ#696865
Remove references to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 — BZ#696866
Remove references to Fedora — BZ#696867
Revision 1.0-32Fri Apr 15 2011Rüdiger Landmann
Remove redundant note about Release Notes document — BZ#682683
Remove more references to installation keys — BZ#682711
Revision 1.0-31Fri Apr 15 2011Rüdiger Landmann
Correct sshd option — BZ#681861
Fix some typos — BZ#681905
Update message during SSH login for System z installation — BZ#682208
Correct list of variants — BZ#682683
Correct name of efidisk.img — BZ#682683
Remove reference to installation key — BZ#682711
Remove reference to Release Notes button — BZ#682750
Document that /tmp/syslog is now available on System z — BZ#683067
Revision 1.0-30Tue Apr 12 2011Rüdiger Landmann
Update screenshot to show current default — BZ#659795
Revision 1.0-29Thu Apr 7 2011Rüdiger Landmann
Small textual improvements — BZ#659795
Revision 1.0-28Thu Apr 7 2011Rüdiger Landmann
Generalize example drivers — BZ#659795
Revision 1.0-27Wed Apr 6 2011Rüdiger Landmann
Adding, removing, or replacing drivers in rescue mode — BZ#659795
Revision 1.0-26Mon Apr 4 2011Rüdiger Landmann
Typos and missing textobject tag in entitlements section — BZ#629637
Revision 1.0-25Thu Mar 31 2011Rüdiger Landmann
Clarify location of images/ directory for NFS and hard drive installations — BZ#653568
Revision 1.0-24Tue Mar 22 2011Rüdiger Landmann
Correct repo options for PPC64 and System z — BZ#639196
Revision 1.0-23Tue Mar 22 2011Rüdiger Landmann
Update package selection and repo options — BZ#639196
Update crash reporting — BZ#639197
Revision 1.0-22Tue Mar 22 2011Rüdiger Landmann
Changes in wording to firstboot chapter
Revision 1.0-21Mon Mar 21 2011Rüdiger Landmann
Changes in wording to firstboot chapter
Revision 1.0-20Mon Mar 21 2011Deon Lackey
Update entitlements — BZ#629637
Revision 1.0-19Mon Mar 21 2011Rüdiger Landmann
Correction about setting up RAID on IPR on POWER — BZ#683624
Correction about using a kickstart file in a PXE environment — BZ#680178
Revision 1.0-16Mon Mar 7 2011Deon Lackey
Include example in Kickstart instructions to set up entitlements — BZ#629637
Revision 1.0-14Fri Feb 11 2011Rüdiger Landmann
Correction about boot.iso and UEFI — BZ#661135
Revision 1.0-13Fri Feb 11 2011Rüdiger Landmann
Correct RHN update and update screenshot — BZ#661135
Revision 1.0-12Mon Feb 7 2011Rüdiger Landmann
Correct location of backup block device passphrases — BZ#657249
Remove multipath command from Kickstart — BZ#642918
Revision 1.0-11Mon Feb 7 2011Rüdiger Landmann
Remove warning about a false error that was caused a bug which is now fixed — BZ#614540
Add warning about serial numbers of multipath devices to Kickstart chapter — BZ#612177
Correct desktop installation instructions — BZ#657249
Revision 1.0-10Mon Jan 10 2011Rüdiger Landmann
Correct boot screen description — BZ#654320
Correct IBM System p boot screen — BZ#644289
Correct description of DVD boot sequence — BZ#654320
Revision 1.0-9Fri Dec 24 2010Rüdiger Landmann
Describe sshd=1 boot option — BZ#661261
Correct and expand description of logvol --percent option — BZ#661531
Fixed various typos — BZ#640167
Revision 1.0-8Thu Dec 23 2010Rüdiger Landmann
Include RAID screenshots more specific to System z — BZ#639193
Note that anaconda can only shrink partitions, not enlarge them — BZ#642881
Note System z cannot use ext4 for /boot — BZ#642881
Expand documentation of multipath kickstart command — BZ#642918
Add -H newc argument to find in instructions to prepare an initial RAM disk driver update — BZ#644285
Document that POWER systems should boot over the network with yaboot, not the PPC64.img file — BZ#644288
Remove deprecated RAID Clone option — BZ#644290
Correct name of anaconda dump file — BZ#644294
Remove deprecated --depth option — BZ#652329
Fix various typos — BZ#653143, BZ#657013, BZ#662874
Remove deprecated nousb and nousbstorage options — BZ#653143, BZ#657013
Revision 1.0-7Wed Dec 22 2010Rüdiger Landmann
Add warning about serial numbers of multipath devices — BZ#612177
Add warning about mixing multipath and non-multipath devices — BZ#628405
Clarify information about escrow packets — BZ#638332
Remove obsolete --bytes-per-inode option — BZ#638347
Document ignoring multipath disks in kickstart — BZ#638471
FCoE not available for System z — BZ#639190
Updated image for Unformatted DASD Devices Found — BZ#639191
Fixed various typos — BZ#640167
Revision 1.0-4Wed Oct 27 2010Rüdiger Landmann
remove inaccurate information about PXE installations — BZ#643669
Revision 1.0-2Wed Oct 27 2010Rüdiger Landmann
remove inaccurate information about PXE installations — BZ#643669
Revision 1.0-1Thu Oct 7 2010Rüdiger Landmann
remove "nostorage" option
Revision 1.0-0Wed Aug 25 2010Rüdiger Landmann
Version for GA release