Among other things, installing Linux on my new Windows XP pre-loaded Dell Inspiron 5100 notebook - and I managed it without nuking the XP install - actually I'm quite impressed with myself after resizing a live Win XP partition on my disk, installing Red Hat 8.0 on the resized balance of my HD after the resize operation and everything still seems to be working.
Apart from the following - I have a mini-PC WIFI card in my notebook which linux is recognising fine, it's just that it won't activate due to some shenanigans I don't understand in the vicinity of DHCP, apparently it can't obtain something from the other PC it's trying to connect to - which is running Windows XP with an internet connection that it shares perfectly well when I'm running WinXP on the notebook / WIFI config - like as I'm blogging this right now - I'd love to set up linux on the notebook to be able to access the web in the same way? I've tried the Dell forums but not a great deal of helpful information there.
Apart from the following - I have a mini-PC WIFI card in my notebook which linux is recognising fine, it's just that it won't activate due to some shenanigans I don't understand in the vicinity of DHCP, apparently it can't obtain something from the other PC it's trying to connect to - which is running Windows XP with an internet connection that it shares perfectly well when I'm running WinXP on the notebook / WIFI config - like as I'm blogging this right now - I'd love to set up linux on the notebook to be able to access the web in the same way? I've tried the Dell forums but not a great deal of helpful information there.
1 x Windows XP box with a modem dial-up connection, WIFI USB AdapterAny pointers gratefully appreciated.
1 x Red Hat 8.0 notebook with an Orinoco mini-PCI WIFI card