Installing Fedora Core 5
March 25th, 2006I installed FC5 the other night, on a box that previously ran FC4 just fine…
First attempt
Board: Asus
CPU: Intel P4 2.4Ghz
RAM: 1GB DDR
NIC: onboard SiS900 (known to work in Linux)
Install: CD
Problem: nic driver installed, able to configure card, able to ping card, unable to ping network
Second attempt
Board: Asus
CPU: Intel P4 2.4Ghz
RAM: 1GB DDR
NIC: PCI - 3COM 3c905b (known to work in Linux for sure)
Install: CD
Problem: nic driver installed, able to configure card, able to ping card, unable to ping network
Third attempt
Board: ASRock
CPU: AMD 2400
RAM 1GB DDR
NIC: onboard Via Rhine II (known to work in Linux)
Install: CD
Problem: nic driver installed, able to configure card, able to ping card, unable to ping network
Ok, this is definately a problem with FC5, not my machines…
Fourth attempt
Board: Asus
CPU: Intel P4 2.4Ghz
RAM: 1GB DDR
NIC: onboard SiS900 (known to work in Linux)
Install: FTP
Installing from FTP did the trick… in the end, the network configuration, etc was all the same as CD installations… It’s been running fine for 3 days, and so far, I have yet to figure out what’s different.
