Ok, I have disabled the floppy but the system is still hanging, now on "SOCKET STATUS". I think it is related to pc card(pcmcia). How can I disable it? > -----Original Message----- > From: Marc Schwartz [mailto:MSchwartz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 12:34 AM > To: pierre.deboeck@xxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: XP/FC1 on Dell Inpiron 5150 > > > On Sat, 2004-03-13 at 17:22, Pierre De Boeck wrote: > > Hi again Mark, > > > > And how can I boot in text mode apart using the rescude mode? > > If you can get into your system, edit /etc/inittab > > In that file will be a line that has: > > id:5:initdefault: > > Change the '5' to a '3' so that it reads: > > id:3:initdefault: > > This will change the default so that your system boots to a console > instead of trying to go directly into X. > > Once you have logged in, you can then type: > > startx > > to attempt to get into the X GUI. > > I would leave your system at "runlevel 3" until you are confident that > everything is OK. Once you are OK, then change the entry above back to > '5'. > > Also, one other thing. Fedora has what is called a "graphical boot'. On > the grub.conf kernel line may be an option that has 'rhgb'. If so, I > would remove this. This is known to cause a variety of problems and is > not worth the hassle at this point. > > > I have also a UGXA 1600*200 and I selected the same as you. > > OK. > > > But I will first try to solve the floppy issue. > > :-) > > HTH, > > Marc > > > >
