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I have a Dell that came with Linux pre-installed.They don't offer phone support, but they offer very good web support
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06-27-2012, 12:21 PM
Heinz Diehl
Installing Fedora on a USB connected Harddrive.
On 26.06.2012, Jim wrote:
> this booting off CDrom is a Major problem for this Dell 2400, it's all over
> the internet, but no has came up with a fix on the problem.
You could try using an USB-stick. Download the F17 DVD .iso, do an
"isohybrid xxx.iso" on it, and copy it to your stick:
cat xxx.iso > /dev/sdb (or whatever device the stick is)
Now your stick is ready to boot right off, choose USB-HDD in the
setup as your boot-drive.
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06-28-2012, 05:07 PM
"Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I"
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On 06/26/2012 02:29 PM, Jim wrote:
On 06/26/2012 02:23 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 06/26/2012 10:37 AM, Jim wrote:
Yes the CD is a Bootable CD. If you read the CD from within WindowsXP
it will read the the files on the CD.
Two questions: first, have you tried booting a different computer
with this CD? Second, have you discussed this with Dell?
Yes the CD will boot off another computer.
And Dell isn't going to be much help with a old computer and me
installing Linux, they will only give advice on Windows, and the
CHARGE you for it.
I don't expect anything less from Dell and their Technical Support
division!..LoL!
EGO II
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06-28-2012, 05:10 PM
"Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I"
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On 06/26/2012 02:56 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 06/26/2012 11:29 AM, Jim wrote:
Yes the CD will boot off another computer.
OK, that's one possibility eliminated. Always good to make sure.
And Dell isn't going to be much help with a old computer and me
installing Linux, they will only give advice on Windows, and the CHARGE
you for it.
I'm not familiar with Dell, and had no idea how old the computer is.
Are there any help forums or mailing lists for Dell you can ask on?
(Not that I'm trying to shove you off, but you may need specialized
assistance.) I do know, as an example, that there's a mailing list
for people running Linux on Toshiba laptops, because I'm on it.
Now THAT'S impressive! The fact that a hardware company will support and
help out people who are using an OS that ISN'T Windows?.....gotta check
that one out for myself!
EGO II
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06-28-2012, 07:48 PM
Bruno Wolff III
Installing Fedora on a USB connected Harddrive.
And Dell isn't going to be much help with a old computer and me
installing Linux, they will only give advice on Windows, and the
CHARGE you for it.
I don't expect anything less from Dell and their Technical Support
division!..LoL!
Note that Dell does do stuff to support Linux. Matt Domsch has done a
significant amount of work for Fedora, has helped with a tool to allow
one to do firmware upgrades without needing to boot DOS or Windows and
has worked a device naming change to help with managing servers with
multiple network cards.
They may not support normal end users directly, but they do make it possible
for the distros to do some stuff for their users that would otherwise
be harder to do.
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