[ltp] Installing linux, fear of lm_sensors

[Andrey Yurovsky]

I did a regular install oh RedHat 8.0 on my 600E and I did not have
problems.  However now I'm curious about this lm_sensors thing, can
someone explain the problem and 'what not to do'?

	-Andrey

On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 15:44, tom.moser@sun.com wrote:
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> Can I tell RH 8.0 (or some other easy-to-install distro) not to load the
> lm_sensors module during installation?  Is this necessary?  Or, how can I
> make sure lm_sensors is not run during install?  Is this something the
> average newby can accomplish.
> 
> 
> I recently bought a used IBM Thinkpad 600 and I would like to load some
> flavor of linux on it.  But I guess I am somewhat intimidated by the
> warnings about killing the machine by running lm_sensors on it.  How can I
> be certain that lm_sensors does not have its' way with my machine?  I am not
> wedded to RH linux but it is the distribution I am most familiar with.
> 
> The archives seem somewhat ambiguous about precautions during instalation.
> Clearly people install linux on thinkpads routinely but I wonder if they
> take special precautions.
> 
> Any guidence appreciated,
> 
>  thanks,
>  -t.moser
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