I have succesfully installed Mandriva 2007 on my Dell Inspiron Laptop-model 1501 which has an AMD dual core processor.I used the 4 cd version i586.It recognised my hard drive -something that has proven a problem for other distros on this machine -and manged to get online using the wireless set up by using the windows driver copied on to a cd rom and using the System config tool to set up the network(courtesy of the inbuilt ndiswrapper).It works very well both the wireless set up and the 2007 distro.
WIlki

Nice one, glad your install worked without any problems

wilki,
I too use dell inspiron 1501.. I have installed Mandriva 2007..It got installed but my wireless lan has not been detected.. did you try installing its driver? I connect to internet using wireless lan.. I am now logging in to shitty windows to browse internet..
Where do I get its driver?
I have only installed first two cd's of mandriva.. i still haven't installed the third cd.. do I have my driver in that?
pleasee help.. how do I make mandriva 2007 detect the wireless lan card I have...

Hi !

I have Inspiron 6400 (I think it is an Inspiron 1501 for US)

and I have a PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection. I had to use my BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX Ethernet card to download the proper driver

But for me I had nothing to install. Everyhting worked fine