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Boot the FC6 boot CD and select your preferences. I like to turn off the Office & Productivity software and install everything from the Internet, since nearly every package has had important updates by this time.
 
Boot the FC6 boot CD and select your preferences. I like to turn off the Office & Productivity software and install everything from the Internet, since nearly every package has had important updates by this time.
  
You can use the modified FC6 discs that have patched Anaconda so it installs the correct kernel ***provide link here *** or follow the instructions at the Fedora Wiki to install the correct (i686) kernel because the official FC6 discs will install the i586 kernel on this machine.
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You can follow the instructions[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bugs/FC6Common] at the Fedora Wiki to install the correct (i686) kernel because the official FC6 discs '''may''' install the i586 kernel on this machine.
  
I'll continue this after the installation process reboots. --[[User:Whizkid|Whizkid]] 01:15, 28 January 2007 (CET)
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The sound chip will not work with the final configuration, but that will be fixed later.
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The next step is to update what came on the installation media. The easiest way to do that is via a network connection, but that's not as simple as it should be... The CardBus slots won't be working at this point. To fix this, edit the /boot/grub/grub.conf file. On any lines that start with "kernel", add "acpi=noirq" at the end.
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Get the correct kernel installed using the instructions above, if needed. Run '''yum update''' to get all the latest packages.
  
 
[[Category:600X]] [[Category:Fedora]]
 
[[Category:600X]] [[Category:Fedora]]

Revision as of 03:01, 28 January 2007

Boot the FC6 boot CD and select your preferences. I like to turn off the Office & Productivity software and install everything from the Internet, since nearly every package has had important updates by this time.

You can follow the instructions[1] at the Fedora Wiki to install the correct (i686) kernel because the official FC6 discs may install the i586 kernel on this machine.

The sound chip will not work with the final configuration, but that will be fixed later.

The next step is to update what came on the installation media. The easiest way to do that is via a network connection, but that's not as simple as it should be... The CardBus slots won't be working at this point. To fix this, edit the /boot/grub/grub.conf file. On any lines that start with "kernel", add "acpi=noirq" at the end.

Get the correct kernel installed using the instructions above, if needed. Run yum update to get all the latest packages.