[sles-beta] [ANNOUNCE] SLES 12 SP1 GMC is available

[Stefan Behlert]

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Dear Beta participants,

we are proud to announce the release of

	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 GMC.
	       (Goldmaster Candidate)

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, too.

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 sha256sum of the ISO using the SHA256SUMS file, which can
be found in the same directory on the download servers.


There's one issue that we are aware of with the SLES 12 SP1 GMC images,
which is
  - In some cases, autoyast installation on IBM z Systems requires
    a reboot before bringing up the installed system.
    This can be achieved manually, or by setting the final_reboot
    flag in the general section of the autoyast profile[1,2].

    This is being investigated by the development team, but we decided
    to not delay the GMC for it, in order to make the best use of
    testing schedules.

    [1] http://docserv.suse.de/documents/SLES12/SLES-autoyast/html/configuration.html#CreateProfile.General
    [2] See [bsc#944349] for a description of the issue


Thanks for all your testing,

	Your SUSE Linux Enterprise Team

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Stefan Behlert, SUSE LINUX
Release Manager Enterprise Server
 
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