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Evan Carew
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Michal Jaegermann wrote:
| Quote: | Evan Carew <elcarew@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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& yes I am waiting to skip FC4 which I
understand is in bad shape.
This is the first time I hear that. Among various installations where
FC4 is used there is a laptop (Acer Travelmate 230) of my wife with
which she travels. If FC4 would be in a "bad shape" she might not
return home; or I would have move out on her arrival. :-)
A friend of mine who has 7.3, 9.0, FC3 & FC4 says that FC4 is |
dramatically slower than its earlier brethren (by a factor of 2 or more)
to go from boot to desktop. He also seems to think that normal
operations are much slower as well.
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Michal Jaegermann
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| Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 1:45 am Post subject:
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Evan Carew <elcarew@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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& yes I am waiting to skip FC4 which I
understand is in bad shape.
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This is the first time I hear that. Among various installations where
FC4 is used there is a laptop (Acer Travelmate 230) of my wife with
which she travels. If FC4 would be in a "bad shape" she might not
return home; or I would have move out on her arrival. :-)
If you plan to move to FC5 relatively soon then FC3 is indeed viable.
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Evan Carew
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| Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 6:38 pm Post subject:
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Michal,
Thanks for the DMA option. As for the FC3 issue, well... I happen to
have the disks right here, & yes I am waiting to skip FC4 which I
understand is in bad shape.
Evan
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Michal Jaegermann
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| Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 4:51 pm Post subject:
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Nobody Here <nobby@invalid.invalid> wrote:
| Quote: | Evan Carew <carew@pobox.com> wrote:
I'm having trouble installing FC3 on my newly inherited IBM laptop. The
problem seems to be that the install fails during the package
installation... at random spots. It looks like it is a hardware issue
somehow connected with the DVD/CD-ROM. Anyone else come across this
issue & solve it?
There is an install-time option to run the CD with no dma that sometimes
solves that problem. I'm afraid I can't remember what it is,
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ide=nodma or you can be more specific and do that only for a CD device.
Help screens in anaconda will tell you more, I think.
Evan, why do you bother with FC3 at all unless you plan to jump right
away to FC5 when it will become available? There is not much maitenance
time left in FC3 and current updates necessary to apply right on the top
will be in a size order of a distribution itself. FC4 updates are also
massive but at least they will show up for a bit longer. FC distros
are meant for a relatively quick turnaround.
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Nobody Here
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| Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 11:10 am Post subject:
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Evan Carew <carew@pobox.com> wrote:
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I'm having trouble installing FC3 on my newly inherited IBM laptop. The
problem seems to be that the install fails during the package
installation... at random spots. It looks like it is a hardware issue
somehow connected with the DVD/CD-ROM. Anyone else come across this
issue & solve it?
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There is an install-time option to run the CD with no dma that sometimes
solves that problem. I'm afraid I can't remember what it is, it might
tell you in the help after you boot the CD, or you might have to google
for something like "install nodma".
Also, did you do an integrety check on your CDs?
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Evan Carew
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| Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 11:54 pm Post subject:
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I'm having trouble installing FC3 on my newly inherited IBM laptop. The
problem seems to be that the install fails during the package
installation... at random spots. It looks like it is a hardware issue
somehow connected with the DVD/CD-ROM. Anyone else come across this
issue & solve it?
Thanks,
Evan
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