Fedora Core 4 and Dell SC420 - Newbie Questions

Fedora Core 4 and Dell SC420

[cphillips]

Is anyone running Fedora Core 4 on a Dell SC420?

Please leave any things I should know before installing.

I am brand new to Linux and I a basically following a book that runs through Fedora Core 2.

I read somewhere that with Fedora Core 2, you needed to install a new driver for the built in NIC, does anyone know if you still have to for Fedora Core 4?

Also: I have an 80gig drive, any suggestions for partitioning? FYI- I am not going to install any other OS on this (just Linux).

Thanks!

[Matt McInvale]

I have been running RH9 on a SC420 with no problems for almost 2 years *knocks on wood*

[North]

I have a sc420 and I just installed fedora core 4 on it. No you don't have to worry about the onboard nic card.

You have to worry about the video driver, if you plan to use X server. (Graphical thingy like windows)

For some reason it hangs, you will have to do a text install of fedora 4 and then switch the video driver with an older one of fedora core 3. Its actually not that hard to do.

[forums.fedoraforum.org...]

hope that works for you.

[cphillips]

North,

You are awesome! That is exactly what I was looking for.

Thanks again!

[North]

North,
You are awesome!

I know....

Thats why I spend hours looking at myself in the mirror each day.