On Fri, 2004-05-21 at 06:16, Peter Cannon wrote: > Hi All > > I have a DELL Latitude CPx J PIII 700, 256MB, 40GB HDD, 3Com PCMCIA 10/100. > Dual boot Windows 98se and FC1 upgraded from RH9. > > I'm worried about upgrading again, I would really like to do a fresh install > but not sure if I should stay at FC1 or upgrade? > > 1. If I delete the root directory will this give me a fresh install given that > I have a grub boot loader? Will I need to fdisk mbr? > > 2. Is my Laptop supported under FC2? I have seen nothing but problems since > FC2 was released, seeing as its taken 4 Months to get to where I am 87% happy > with my FC1 Linux installation I couldn't face another 3 to 4 months of tears > and gnashing of teeth downloading patches and fixes. > > FC1 or FC2 > I just loaded FC2 on my Dell Latitude CPx laptop. (I think you have a faster model than mine and a larger harddrive). So far the problems have been few. I found that the pcmcia services were being started after the network services, since I only have network via a pcmcia slot that does not work during boot up. I swapped the order of the start up files and that seems to have cured that one. The other problem I have is getting my D-Link DWL-G650 card to work. Apparently FC2 does not come with the drivers for the prisim chip set this card uses. I know the card will work as I have live CD version of Linux that works with the DWL-G650 card. (have to spend some time looking at that setup to see which drivers are used). I did a clean install to a new 20GB drive. Sound works great. Surprised me as I have not bothered to get sound running on any of my other boxes. -- Scot L. Harris <webid@xxxxxxxxxx>
