MLUG: Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Fedora works!
Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Fedora works!
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On Mon, 5 Apr 2004, Michael wrote:

> I just upgraded this Dell Inspiron 1100 laptop from RedHat Linux 9 to 
> Fedora Core 1. Much improved. Out of the box both the network and the 
> sound work. Fedora had an easy, RedHat-like, installer and thus far 
> looks very professional. I did have to install MPlayer from the RPMs on 
> MPlayer HQ but that was easy enough to do. Installed the NTFS RPM so 
> that I can access my XP files from Linux.
> 
> The only problem I encountered was that after running the upgrade the 
> laptop no longer offered a boot loaded before going into XP. I used the 
> installation disc's rescue mode and simply ran lilo and everything was 
> fixed.

Do you have a root XFS filesystem?  I hear that root xfs filesystem
installs are still broken. :(

-- 
--dlloyd

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