Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-21-5 on Alienware laptop

[Sam Varshavchik]

don fisher writes:

> I have an Alienware 17-1 laptop that I would like to run Fedora linux on.  
> The laptop has 2TB of disk, 32GB  of ram and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M  
> graphics, so I thought it would make a great development platform. I  
> inserted the Fedora live DVD and booted. It asked If I wanted to check the  
> disk, which I did. Next I started Fedora. It got to the point where the  
> fedora logo is on the screen, and then disappeared. The fans came on, so I  
> assumed it was doing something, but after about 5 minutes the system  
> appeared to be still in the same state.
>
> In the past there has been an install image that is about 4.3GB large that  
> guides the installation. I cannot find an similar image for F21. I have been  
> away for awhile, so if this is well known please forgive me. I looked at the  
> documentation and did not see any mention.

There are three separate installation images for "workstation", "server",  
and "cloud" so-called "products". The "server" one seems to be a traditional  
installer, but does not really install any desktop components. Although they  
can always be installed manually, of course, it's a pain. The "workstation"  
one seems to be a Live image.

> Will Fedora work on an Alienware laptop? I though the since it was Dell it  
> should. If so, what is the best way to load Fedora onto it? Is the fact that  
> the live DVD failed telling me I am out of luck?

If the Live DVD failed to start, that's a fairly good indication that you  
have a problem. Going forward, Live-based new installs appear to be the way  
to go, with fedup handling the upgrade path. The good thing about it is that  
this gives you a fairly good way to figure out whether or not you have a  
compatibility problem with your hardware.
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