On Sun, 2006-03-19 at 13:37 -0600, Anthony Messina wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > On Sun, 2006-03-19 at 13:52 -0500, Bruce Keats wrote: > > > >>I did manage to finally install FC4 on Friday. Originally, I was > >>trying to install the x86_64 CDs without any success, with the SATA > >>controller set in either "normal" or "combined" mode. I did manage to > >>get FC3 installed with the SATA controller set to "combined". Late > >>Friday, I set the SATA controller to "normal" mode and tried the > >>normal i386 install CDs (instead of the x86_64 CDs) and everything > >>went OK. > >> > >>I am not sure what the particular recipe is for these Dell Optiplex > >>GX620's, but I will try and figure out a recipe. It seems to me that > >>you may need a Linux partition on the drive first. I vaguely remember > >>seeing a post about this in one of my Google searches. These boxes > >>arrived from Dell with Windows XP pro already installed. It could > >>also be problem with the SATA controller on the x86_64 CDs. Since I > >>have a number of these Dell's kicking around, I will try some > >>different combinations to determine what the recipe is. > >> > >>I will post my results in a day or so. <snip> > thanks craig. i appreciate it :) > > bruce, do you have a particluar reason to use fc4 instead of waiting for > fc5 tomorrow. i agree with craig in that you may see better results > with fc5. of course, if you don't, you can always go back to fc4, but > since the release is impending, why not have all the new bells/whistles? > > (you may have a very good reason, which i won't question, but since the > release is almost available...) Add to this I have seen many a post here about anomales with the 64-bit versions. Since Bruce says the 32-bit version seemed to work just fine, it really does point to being another SATA/64-bit version problem. ...And then FC5 is going to open up a whole new can of worms. We have a number of new Dells at our church and this is something I'd like to follow as well since we will be buying more in the near future. Cheers, Chris -- ====================== "Never murder a man when he's busy committing suicide." -- Woodrow Wilson
