Fedora core 3 install
Keith Brentson
virtualkeith at yahoo.com
Tue Apr 5 21:11:34 UTC 2005
Yes, I am hooked to a cable modem and broadband router
Thanks for your reply.
Regards,
Keith
--- Don Dupy <fedora at maxxrad.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Apr 2005, Thomas Cameron wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 23:34 -0700, Keith Brentson
> wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >> I have just installed Fedora Core 3 on a Dell
> Inspiron
> >> 8600. The Install seemed to go well until the
> first
> >> boot up. The system froze when it was trying to
> bring
> >> eth-0 up. It did this several times. I have the
> newer
> >> version of the dell Inspiron 8600 with a Broadcom
> 440x
> >> integrated network controller. I also have the
> ATI
> >> Mobility Radeon 9600 pro turbo.
> >> I am a complete Linux Newbie, and some of the
> >> explanations I've seen are definitely over my
> head. I
> >> would appreciate if I could get some help, or be
> >> directed to a help source suitable to my level.
> >>
> >> Thank you,
> >>
> >> Keith
> >
> > Is your machine actually hooked up to a network?
> Does that network have
> > a DHCP server on it (like maybe a broadband router
> or your ISP)?
> >
> > Thomas
> >
> >
>
> I have my laptop set not to start eth0 at bootup.
> The network stuff will hang for a long time if it
> isn't connected to a
> network and cannot get DHCP. Once it is booted up, I
> open a terminal and
> type "ifup eth0" and that starts the ethernet card.
>
> If you have KDE or Gnome installed, go into the
> network configuration, and
> you can change the boot up parameters there.
>
> Don Dupy
>
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