FC3 Installtion Problems

[Thomas Cameron]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gain Paolo Mureddu" <gmureddu at prodigy.net.mx>
To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 2:07 PM
Subject: Re: FC3 Installtion Problems


> Thomas Riggs wrote:
>
>> Oh jeez, heres the part which makes me look like an idiot! XD
>>
>> I'm using an Intel Pentium III processor, 930MHz, with 192mb of RAM. I'm 
>> not sure on motherboard, how could I find that out? This is a pretty old 
>> computer, though probably the only part that old is the case.
>>
>> I'm installing FC3 on a second hard-drive (as not to interfere with my 
>> Windows installation). When I run the install, I check "Remove all 
>> partitions", so I haven't set anything up in advance.
>>
>> I'm installing FC3 i386, do you want the build number? I don't know how 
>> to find that either... *looks embarrassed*
>>
>> Sorry if I didn't explain everything, I'm slow today, so just keep asking 
>> and I'll tell you ;-)
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Thomas Riggs
>
> If you use windows use something like (teh evil) SiSoft SANDRA to find out 
> chipset and all that stuff, another way is to physically inspect it... Is 
> it a standard (off the shelf) one or was it part of a pre-built computer 
> (like Compaq/HP's/Dell)?

You can also use dmidecode to get a lot of useful info from the motherboard.

Thomas