Re: fedora core 1 on a dell inspiron 5150

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i have fc1 running on my inspirion 5150 right now without a problem.
since the laptop does not have a floppy drive, it's not surprising the
module can't be loaded... about the other problems, i don't know since i
just ignored it and it works fine.

Am Don, den 18.12.2003 schrieb rolf deenen um 01:27:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm having serious issues when trying to install fc1 on my inspiron 5150 laptop. Installation goed without a hitch, but when booting i have the following problems:
> 
> -an error saying: "insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2129.nptl/kernel/drivers/block/floppy.o insmod: block-major-2 failed"
> -after i resolved this by putting "alias floppy no" in /etc/modules.conf i get the following: a comletely red screen (sometimes red with pink vertical stripes, no kidding) just after it says "press i for interactive setup". (Red screen of death?!). I have to use the power-button to put it out of it's misery. Then suddenly this problem is gone after a few reboots (could be that i pressed "i", and that this resolved it, but i'm not sure)
> -and then it hangs saying: "modprobe: can't locate module block-major-2" (sometimes it scrolls a large list with this line, but with different block-major-numbers like block-major-135)
> 
> Did anybody get fc1 running on a dell inspiron 5150, and how?
> 
> Hope somebody can help,
> 
> Rolf Deenen
> 
> 
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