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I cobbled together some TV footage, set it to music, and posted the resulting remix on YouTube.

The Providence Geeks have once again put together a Geek Dinner for your enjoyment and general edification. Read all about it and RSVP at the Providence Geeks Blog! I’ll also be helping to give a brief talk and demo on a powerful topic.

If you’re going out to the Maker Faire, be sure to drop by the Hacks booth and say howdy. I’ll be bringing some goodies related to a few of our hacks books, and there will be plenty of toys you can mess around with.

I posted an entry a while back about getting this to work under an earlier beta of Fedora Core 5. I think these instructions are much more straightforward. You’ll need to go through the installation. I suggest using text mode if you can (I specified “text expert” when I was installing).

When installation is finished, and you are prompted to reboot, use Alt-F2 to switch to a virtual console (Ctrl-Alt-F2 if you are in X11). Then, mount the install media:

# cd /tmp
# mknod hdc b 22 0
# mkdir /mnt/cdrom
# mount /tmp/hdc /mnt/cdrom

Copy the i586 kernel over to root’s home directory on the new system:

# cp /mnt/cdrom/Fedora/RPMS/kernel-*i586* /mnt/sysimage/root

Unmount and eject the install media and chroot into the new system:

# umount /mnt/cdrom/
# eject /tmp/hdc
# chroot /mnt/sysimage/

Install the kernel and exit the chroot:

chroot# cd root/
chroot# rpm --force -Uvh kernel-*i586.rpm
chroot# exit

Use Alt-F1 (or Alt-F7 if you were in X11) to return to the installer, and
reboot as prompted.

I’ll be giving a short talk and demonstration on Ubuntu Hacks today (Wednesday, April 5 at 12:30) at the O’Reilly LinuxWorld booth. Drop by and learn about getting Ubuntu running under colinux, going online with a Bluetooth connection and a cell phone, and a few more things.