When attempting to install via FTP from a mirror on two different computers, I ended up experiencing several problems with the attempt.
box 1: (HP laptop) 1. The GUI would Lockup eventually while trying to install. All of the installed linux versions were detected and I was able to select the version that I wanted to upgrade or pick a clean install. The radeon card that I have in the computer is a bit tricky and crashes with mode changes or switching to a terminal via ctl-alt-Fn. This is most likely a problem with the radeon driver and X. 2. When trying to install via text mode, the LVM installation is not detected or listed in the text based installer. When I proceeded with attempting a new installation, I noticed the lvm versions in disk druid. I proceeded with an installation on a USB hard disk and eneded up getting a long delay when the partitions were setup, then being formatted. The problem with the long delay was present on two different computers and seemed to be related to inode creation. It stuck around at 15/134 for a long time on the second machine that the installation was attempted on. This might be related to hardware, but a mention in case it is some data corruption during formatting. I stopped the attempts at installing on the laptop and moved the disk to the desktop.
box 2: (Desktop w/ 370SSM motherboard, Intel 815 chipset.) 1. The GUI process seems to be successful. This is with the Intel 815 video card that had trouble in the installer earlier. I did have the same problem with the inode 15/134 delay. Since the disk was easy to access physically, I checked for any strange sounds coming from the disk, no hunting was found. It eventually made it past the inode creation hang and proceeded to format the other 2 partitions. Eventually, the installer crashed with a message that a severe problem was found with /dev/sda2, which was a 20 gig partition delegated for a future /home partition. A reboot was needed. 2. On the second attempt with installation, I decided to leave off the /dev/sda2 partition and only use the remaining partitions for a /boot a / and a swap partiton. I then worked my way through disk druid and did not format the partitions again. The terminal during the install attempt in the failed attempt above made it past the formatting of the partitions. I'll check the /root directory for logs related to anaconda and the install progress when booting into an installation that recognizes the USB disk. This FC2/FC3/rawhide does not recognize the usb drive, it never has. The other installations do, but I am not in one of those installations currently.
Overall, the installer seemed to be a lot swifter in action on both computers that it was tested on. With the dep conflicts in rawhide currently, I did not expect a complete installation yet from rawhide.
Jim
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Jim Cornette