RE: XP/ FC1 on inspiron 5150

From: Pierre De Boeck (pierre.deboeck_at_skynet.be)
Date: 03/11/04

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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 21:02:03 +0100

    Thanks a lot Marc,

    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)
    - the video settings (graphic card, monitor, resolution)

    And was the NIC detected during the installation?

    And for ACPI? is it enabled by default or do I have
    to edit the grub.conf file after the firs reboot?

    And lastly, is your system the same as mine or if not,
    what are the differences?

    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. :-)

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: fedora-list-admin@redhat.com
    > [mailto:fedora-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Marc Schwartz
    > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 11:28 PM
    > To: fedora-list@redhat.com
    > Subject: Re: XP/ FC1 on inspiron 5150
    >
    >
    > On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 15:33, Pierre De Boeck wrote:
    > > Hi again,
    > >
    > > I am still in the process of "asking questions" for installing
    > > FC1 in dual-boot with an already installed XP.
    > >
    > > To recap my system:
    > > - Dell Inspiron 5150
    > > - 512MB DDR333
    > > - HDD 60GB. XP is installed on a 25 GB partition
    > > and I plan to install FC1 on the rest.
    > > - nvidia GEForce FX 5200
    > > - broadcom 440x 10/100 NIC
    > > - miniPici wireless 802.11g
    > > - ACPI
    > > - USB mouse
    > > - CD-RW/DVD
    > >
    > > After some reading, it seems that I have to get
    > > drivers from nvidia, broadcom plus an ACPI patch
    > > and some kernel recompilation will be needed.
    > >
    > > So my questions:
    > >
    > > - is the 3 ISO FC1 cds are enough to recompile the kernel
    > > or I need some extra packages. In other words, do these CDs
    > > contain the kernel soures plus the gcc and all the related
    > > stuff.
    >
    > Yes
    >
    > > - what is the general step-by-step procedure to recompile
    > > a kernel.
    >
    >
    > Pierre,
    >
    > I am still confused by your need to recompile the kernel. I am using the
    > NIC "out of the box" without problems with a stock FC1 kernel. ACPI is
    > enabled, the system does not overheat and that is with the 3.2 Ghz P4 HT
    > (disabled) CPU running the UP kernel.
    >
    > I have the internal touchpad working along with an external USB keyboard
    > and mouse.
    >
    > I installed the NTFS read only kernel module from:
    >
    > http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rpm/fedora1.html
    >
    > I installed the NVidia 5336 drivers from the NVidia site, which require
    > that the driver be compiled (ie. kernel source is installed, but no
    > kernel recompile). There are other RPMS out there kindly provided by
    > folks in this community which would circumvent the need for even that
    > step.
    >
    > I see that you have the CDRW/DVD, but I have the DVD+R/RW working to
    > both display movies and audio (ie. Ogle/MPlayer/XMMS) and to do DVD
    > burning for backups (k3b).
    >
    > The only things that I don't have working yet are the internal modem,
    > suspend/resume and the internal WiFi, none of which I need at this
    > point. There appear to be drivers out there for the WiFi from my reading
    > of the Dell Linux Boards at:
    >
    > http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board?board.id=linuxport
    >
    > however the consistent message is one of frustration with the Broadcom
    > internal modem in those same forums. Keep in mind that folks on those
    > forums are running various Linux distros, not just FC. There are also
    > folks there running 2.6 version kernels, that both solve and create
    > problems.
    >
    > Perhaps I am missing something basic in what you are trying to do, but
    > to date, I have not had a need to recompile the kernel.
    >
    > HTH,
    >
    > Marc Schwartz
    >
    >
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