Again thanks a lot for these very useful tips. I will keep that email preciously during my installation. And my system is very close to yours except - 512 Mb io 2Gb - I am connected to my linksys with DHCP > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Marc Schwartz > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 11:15 PM > To: pierre.deboeck@xxxxxxxxx > Cc: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: XP/ FC1 on inspiron 5150 > > > On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 14:02, Pierre De Boeck wrote: > > Thanks a lot Marc, > > Happy to help Pierre. More than anything, I was trying to be sure that > you were not going to make this more difficult than it needs to be. > > I have been using RH since 8.0 on my older i8200 laptop, followed by RH > 9 and FC1 on that same system, without problems or the need to compile a > kernel. > > > So it seems that I can now start the installation > > but could you give me the settings that you used during the first > > install, namely > > > > - the mouse settings (I have a touchpad and a USB mouse) > > To get both to work required some manual editing of XF86Config AFTER the > installation was complete. The external USB mouse was recognized during > the install, which precluded the touchpad from working until I made the > changes. > > See my version of the file here: > > http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-March/msg01089.html > > which I recently posted in another thread. Note the mouse related > sections. > > > - the video settings (graphic card, monitor, resolution) > > I have the UXGA 1600 x 1200 display with the 64 Mb NVidia 5200 card. I > don't recall which display you had, but I was able to use the Dell LCD > setting that was appropriate for my resolution. If that does not work > for you, try the generic LCD panel at the proper resolution. > > Note that I had to use "linux text" when I did the install, as none of > the GUI based settings worked for me. > > > And was the NIC detected during the installation? > > Yes. I am behind a router and I have defined IP address assigned to each > computer rather than using DHCP. I don't know how you are configured > network-wise, but you will be prompted for the requisite information > during system setup. > > > And for ACPI? is it enabled by default or do I have > > to edit the grub.conf file after the firs reboot? > > I had to add the ACPI related settings after configuration. There is a > part of the installation process that will prompt you for kernel > options, but I did not specify acpi at that time. You might want to try > a default setting during the install and then come back and play around > with other options in grub.conf after you successfully boot up. I would > recommend keeping the default options and then setting up a duplicate > kernel boot section in grub.conf that you can then edit. Thus if you > mess something up, you can boot into the known working kernel config. > > > And lastly, is your system the same as mine or if not, > > what are the differences? > > I have: > > 3.2 Ghz P4 with Hyperthreading (I disabled HT in the laptop's BIOS after > noting problems with the SMP kernel). So I am using the UP kernel. > > 2 GB RAM > > 60 GB 7200 RPM HD > > DVD+R/RW > > Dell TrueMobile 1400 WiFi > > Broadcom 56k internal modem > > > I asked all these questions as I am rather a linux newbie > > and I fear above all a frozen system that prevents me to reboot > > even with XP. :-) > > Not a problem. Just be sure that when you do the GRUB configuration, you > install Grub to /boot and NOT TO THE MBR. If you do the latter, you > overwrite XP's boot and then are dependent upon GRUB. That is not a bad > thing, but I have found that using the approach that I do seems to make > dual-booting easier, at least for me. Follow the instructions on the web > site that I posted in the prior message for more information. > > http://www.geocities.com/epark/linux/grub-w2k-HOWTO.html > > You might want to consider picking up a copy of one of the Fedora books > that have come out in the past few months. There are a few of them > listed at Amazon.com and/or you may have a local bookstore that has > them. I would look through them first before buying. If you have other > computer books, you will know that each author has an individual writing > style and organizational structure that can help or hinder your > comprehension. Having a good up to date reference book on the desk next > you can be very helpful. > > HTH, > > Marc > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
