RE: XP/ FC1 on inspiron 5150

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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
> 
> 
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