Re: Problems installing FC4 on Dell Optiplex GX620

["Aaron Konstam" <akonstam trinity edu>]

> I am having all kinds of problems installing FC4 on a Dell Optiplex GX620.
> When I try and use the FC4 CDs, it fails to find the hard drive.  The
> controller is the on board Intel SATA controller.  I know the hardware
> works
> fine because I can install FC3 on the Dell and it works as long as the
> BIOS
> is configured for combined mode.  If I do a yum update, the latest FC3
> kernel fails to boot.
>
> Does anyone know how to install FC4 on these boxes.  I suspect the latest
> 2.6.15 works as reported in
> http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~ushankar/linux-dell.html.  Does anyone know
> how
> to replace the kernel on the FC4 CDs to get these systems to install
> properly?
>
> Bruce
> --
There is something strange in what you are saying. Not finding the hard
drive would seem to be a fuction of your hardware and BIOS not a
difference between FC4 and FC3. Are you sure the CD-s are good?

-- 
Aaron Konstam
Professor Emeritus, Computer Science
Trinity University
San Antonio, Texas
210-999-7484