[sles-beta] [ANNOUNCE] SLES 12 Beta6 is available

[Stefan Behlert]

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Dear Beta participants,

we are happy to announce the sixth 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 the SLED
Extension.

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 (selection):

 (several)  - upgrading from SLE 11 SP3 is not working flawlessly, requiring
	       manual interaction;
 (several)  - not all texts are translated yet
 bnc#865339 - Secure Boot not working on some systems (HP z220 for sure)
 bnc#869127 - keyboard focus lost in gdm
	      (keyboard focus lost in gdm, workaround is to press
	      "Ctrl-Alt-Tab" until you have focus again)
 bnc#870625 - No addon dialog without registration 


Installation on s390x:
	Please disable the blacklisting of devices during the installation
	(cio_ignore). This code still has a bug and other devices beside the
	IPL device and the console are not enabled.



With this Beta6 snapshot we have reached several milestones:
    o Milestone: Legal review of SLE12 contents completed.
    o Continue update, performance and regression tests.
    o Start first stress and certification tests.

For the next Beta-Release we are targeting these actions and milestones:
    o Continue update, performance and regression tests.
    o Continue intense stress and 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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