Re: FC3 upgrade to FC4

From: Robert Buick (robert.buick_at_btconnect.com)
Date: 06/19/05

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    To: Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists@uni-x.org>
Date: 19 Jun 2005 20:02:38 +0100

    On Sun, 2005-06-19 at 19:43, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
    > Am So, den 19.06.2005 schrieb Robert Buick um 20:36:
    >
    > > After a successful & trouble free FC4 upgrade of my RH9 box I decided to
    > > upgrade my dual-boot Inspiron 8500 notebook from FC3 to FC4 and now have
    > > a couple of immediate problems.
    > >
    > > 1)Whilst upgrading I used the default Boot Loader Configuration option
    > > i.e. 'Update boot loader configuration' instead of 'Skip boot loader
    > > updating' and consequently cannot now boot to Windows. Any ideas how
    > > this can be rectified?
    >
    > Your grub.conf changed? What happens when you choose the WindowsB. entry
    > in grub's boot screen.

    The entry for Windows no longer exists...

    >
    > > 2) I am also unable to get the NVIDIA drivers to install using the
    > > latest NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7664-pkg1 drivers and download of the
    > > kernel-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.src.rpm (installed as root).
    >
    > You don't need the kernel src.rpm - the kernel-devel rpm is sufficient.
    > Then make sure that your graphics card is supported by the latest
    > NVidia.com driver and not one of the legacy models (readme file on
    > nvidia.com). Further there are reports by several people that the use of
    > the proprietary fails. As Fedora can't do much about that you will
    > better contact NVidia and/or search their support forum.
    >
    > > Rob Buick
    >
    > Alexander
    > 

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