installing fedora 8 in compaq presario v3425au

[Chris Bredesen]

You could also burn a Live CD/DVD and run from that.  It'll give you a 
good idea of what works out of the box.

http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora

-Chris

rimzy wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I have a laptop (compaq Presario v3425au),vista preloaded , with the 
> following configurations.
> 
> Processor- AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TK-53 (1.7 GHz, 
> 512KB L2 Cache)
> 
> Chipset NVIDIA® C51M and MCP51
> 
> Graphics NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150
> 
> Display 14.1-inch WXGA High-Definition** BrightView Widescreen Display
> 
> Standard Memory Two user-accessible SODIMM Slots, up to 4GB DDR2 max 
> system memory (Dual Channel Memory Support***)
> 
> Hard Drive With hard drive up to 160GB
> 
> Optical Drive 24X DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive, LightScribe SuperMulti 8X 
> DVD±RW with Double Layer Support and SuperMulti 8X DVD±R/RW with Double 
> Layer Support
> 
> Networking/Wireless High speed 56K modem, Integrated 10/100 LAN, 
> broadcom WLAN with Bluetooth option
> 
> External Card Expansion ExpressCard slot/54 slot (supports both 34 and 
> 54 form factors)
> 
> Media Card Integrated 5-in-1 digital memory reader slot (xD, SD, MMC, 
> Memory Stick and Memory Stick PRO)
> 
> Optional Accessory HP xb3000 notebook expansion base, HP Notebook 
> QuickDock, HP 12-cell and 6-cell battery
> 
> I/O Ports VGA, USB 2.0 (3), IEEE 1394, Consumer IR, RJ-11, RJ-45, 
> headphone, microphone jack, Omni-directional microphones (2).
> 
> 
> 
> 
> and the drivers installed in vista are:-
> 
> Conexant HDAUDIO Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP Driver
> 
> Conexant High-Definition Audio Driver
> 
> NVIDIA nForce Chipset Driver
> 
> NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 Graphics Driver
> 
> HP Quick Launch Buttons
> 
> Synaptics Touchpad
> 
> Software Support for HP Integrated Module with Bluetooth Wireless 
> Technology (Microsoft Windows Vista)
> 
> Broadcom Wireless LAN Driver for Microsoft Windows Vista
> 
> Support Software for HP Integrated Module with Bluetooth Wireless 
> Technology (Microsoft Windows Vista)
> 
> Ricoh 5-in-1 Card Reader Host Controller and Driver
> 
> WinFlash for HP Notebook System BIOS (for Notebooks with AMD Processors) 
> - Microsoft Windows/Vista-Based
> 
> HP Quick Launch Buttons Critical Security Update
> 
> 
> Please help me out in installing fedora 8.
> 
> Will fedora 8 install all the drivers for all the devices in my laptop ? 
> if not please tell me what all drivers / plugins should i download extra ?
> I am asking you in advance so that i want to make sure that i can 
> install fedora without any problem
> 
> thanks & regards
> 
> Rimzy
> 
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