Fedora Core Help

[Ray Cantwell]

Rhune Lord wrote:
> Ok, I have still have the Fed. Core 5 installed but it won't rec the 
> eth0 even after the command Jeremy Miller gave me, and my network is DCHP.
>
> We have all the previous distro's that have failed.
>
> I tried the following site:
> http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/
> Fedora-7-Live-i686.torrent 
> <http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/torrents//Fedora-7-Live-i686.torrent> 
> 	Fedora 7 Live i686 	701M 	2007-05-31
>
> Fedora-7-i386.torrent 
> <http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/torrents//Fedora-7-i386.torrent> 
> Fedora 7 i386 	2.8G 	2007-05-31
>
> These have both failed to install with the live cd showing the same 
> error about the controller as all the other Live CD's.  I am going to 
> try Craig's --> "linux pci=nomsi all-generic-ide" command in case the 
> SATA drives, or their controllers are the issue.  The non-live install 
> stopped at drivers for ACHI, and even when I loaded them from the disk 
> it did not recognize the hardware. 
>
> It should be noted that I set up IDE cabled, and SATA cabled drives on 
> a desktop box and "every" single disk would install without a hitch, 
> so the media is not to question, merely the hardware recognition 
> and/or compatibility with the Notebook. 
>
> Now the main reasons I have not given up is many:
> 1. Linux rules and Tux is my hero.
> 2. Its what I am going to school at MCC in January to learn and if I 
> can't help people through installs then what good would I be as a tech.
> 3. I hate to loose when its a problem that must have a solution, if 
> one tries hard enough.
>
> Sorry, if I sound like a newb and most of my knowledge is from Windows 
> but I really want this to work because MCC seems to use Fedora or 
> CentOS for their operating systems.  That being the case I really want 
> to run one of them so I get more practice with it.
>
> Thanks for the help given and thanks for continuing to help me.
>
> ===========================
> Specs:
> Dell Inspiron 1520
> 2.2Ghz Core 2 Duo
> 256MB NVidia 8600M Video Card
> 160GB Hard Drive (100GB to Vista, 45GB to ext3, and 2GB for swap - 
> actual total size 149GB)
> Broadcom NIC
> Dell 1390 Wireless
> DVD Burner
> ===========================
>
>
> Later,
> Brian
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Now i am not sure how much this will help but, i have had the issue with 
HP laptops that need to have the sata native mode changed from what the 
current setting is to the other setting, ie; native mode 
disabled/enabled. This may be of no use but, worth a shot.
Ray