Unix Revolution

Resolution :  noapic acpi=off for kernel args Implementation : [root@blackmesa ~]# cd /var/www/html/isos [root@blackmesa ~]# wget http://some.server.com/Fedora-16-x86_64-DVD.iso [root@blackmesa ~]# mkdir /var/www/html/OS/Fedora16-x86_64 [root@blackmesa ~]# echo "/var/www/html/isos/Fedora-16-x86_64-DVD.iso /var/www/html/OS/Fedora16-x86_64 udf,iso9660 user,loop 0 0" >> /etc/fstab [root@blackmesa ~]# mount   /var/www/html/OS/Fedora16-x86_64  [root@blackmesa ~]# mkdir /var/lib/tftpboot/Fedora16-x86_64 [root@blackmesa ~]#  /var/www/html/OS/Fedora16-x86_64/isolinux/initrd.img /var/lib/tftpboot/Fedora16-x86_64 [root@blackmesa ~]#  /var/www/html/OS/Fedora16-x86_64/isolinux/vmlinuz /var/lib/tftpboot/Fedora16-x86_64 Add an entry into your pxeboot default files [root@blackmesa ~]# cat /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default ...<trunc'd for brevity>... label 16   kernel Fedora16-x86_64/vmlinuz   append initrd=Fedora16-x86_64/init...

Summary:  An overview of my experience with a Lenovo T520.  This machine is no joke.  It's seriously fast/powerfull, everything seems to work between Windows 7 Pro x64 and Fedora 16 x64.  I have not booted into Windows very much, but that seems to perform flawlessly. My system: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2760QM CPU @ 2.40GHz Integrated Intel VGA, secondary Nvidia VGA (optimus) 750 GB Scorpio Black 7200 RPM, 16MB http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/516398  - GeekBench of 13338  Why: I'm having a bit of a career focus shift. My primary goal/focus is to become as proficient as I once was with Solaris, or even more so. This will provide credibility and experience to leverage with my customers. I felt it doesn't represent my undying devotion to Linux, if I walk in and plop a MacBook Pro on the table. I needed a laptop to run a reasonably new Red Hat (read: fedora) release. I talked to a friend who works for Red Hat to see what his experience. ...