[ltp] Fedora Core 3 -- questions

[Xavier Gonzalez]

James:

         I actually looked around and found nothing. I guess I will
have to just wait and see what is going on with FC3. For now, I am
going to play it safe and stay with FC1.

Thanks,

--Xavier


On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 21:29:30 -0700, James McKenzie
<jjmckenzie51@sprintpcs.com> wrote:
> Xavier:
> 
> I had the same problem with the "fixable" partition problem and it was
> with the FAT32 partition for Windows98SE that is installed in my A22p.
> I suspect the problem is with the way that Windows (read Microsoft)
> handles larger drives.  I don't know if this is fixed in FC3, but you
> could check the fedora.redhat.com site for information.
> 
> James McKenzie
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Xavier Gonzalez wrote:
> 
> >I am currently using FC1 after a painful update to FC2 on my ThinkPad
> >T42. I had several issues with:
> >- freezing: computer would suddenly come to a freeze without any reason.
> >- wireless: I am using linuxant's driverloader and I had to download a
> >custom kernel to fix the "only 4MB stack" problem, and not too long
> >after that the wireless PCI was not recognized.
> >- partition problem: when I first installed FC1, I erased WXP from my
> >HD leaving it without anything on any partition. A couple of days
> >latter when I decided to upgrade to FC2, it gave me several warnings
> >regarding a partition problem that is "fixable", but I never received
> >instructions on how to fix this problem.
> >
> >Now, I know that for some of you this might be infinitely  mundane
> >problems. Although I have been using linux for 4+ years now, there are
> >somethings that still too time consuming for me to figure out and
> >solve.
> >So, my question is: are these problems being taken into account?, or
> >is it still expected of the user to fence for his/her-self?
> >
> >cheers,
> >
> >--Xavier
> >
> >
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