[sles-beta] [ANNOUNCE] SLES 12 Beta3 is available

[Stefan Behlert]

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Dear Beta participants,

we are happy to announce the third Beta of

	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12.

ISO images are now available for download now. Please go to
http://www.novell.com/beta and select "View my beta page".
Here you should see all Beta's you are part of.

Note that the directory contains the images for the SDK as well as for SLED.

We offer 3 DVD ISOs: DVD1 contains the binaries, the second
DVD the sources and the third DVD the debuginfo packages. 
The final product will not contain the debuginfo packages on the media.

For installation purposes you just need Media 1 for your architecture.

Please verify the md5sum of the ISO using the MD5SUMS file, which can
be found in the same directory on the download servers.


Known issues:
 xxxxxx - installing with ext3 pops up an error
	  If you select ext3 filesystem in the expert partitioner, you get an
	  error popup. You can savely click "continue" there, the installation
	  will succeed.
	  In the installed system, you should change in /etc/fstab the entry for
	  the partition from ext2 to ext3, if you want to use ext3-specific
	  features.
 869089 - After registration with SCC, "nu.novell.com" requires additional
 	  credentials during installation
	  Workaround: Register the system in the installed system, the
	  credentials are present there. You will then receive Pool and
	  Update channels for the product.
 868942 - use add-ons from media" checkbox does not work properly
 869424 - No Progress Shown when Adding Repositories after Successful Registration
 866051 - keyboard mapping not applied anymore
 866055 - gdm doesn't terminate Xorg properly
 869127 - Cannot login (graphically), if there is no mouse configured
	  (keyboard focus lost in gdm, workaround is to press "Ctrl-Alt-Tab"
	  until you have focus again)


With this Beta3 snapshot we have reached several milestones:
    o Milestone: All SLE12 features have been functionally tested.
    o Milestone: All new/updated device drivers have been tested.
    o Start update tests.
    o Start system test.

For the next Beta-Release we are targetting these actions and milestones:

    o Milestone: All updated device drivers are verified and proven to be stable
    o Continue system test.
    o Fix problems found during update, performance or certification tests.


Thanks in advance for all your testing

	Your SUSE Linux Enterprise Team
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Stefan Behlert, SUSE LINUX
Project Manager Enterprise Server
 
Maxfeldstr. 5, D-90409 Nuernberg, Germany
Phone +49-911-74053-173
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