[Klug-general] [change subject] non-linux-mobo

[Colin McCarthy]

On 10/26/07, MacGyveR <macgyver at thedumbterminal.co.uk> wrote:
>
> On Friday 26 October 2007 09:59, Colin McCarthy wrote:
> > On 10/25/07, George Prowse <cokehabit at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I've never heard of linux not running on a specific motherboard, which
> > > one was it?
> >
> > It's a MSI Intel P35 Neo board.  Its pretty good as it will take a Core
> 2
> > Quad chip (when prices come down) and upto 8GB of Ram with 4 slots
> :-)  (
> > http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?QuickLinx=4JWT)
> >
> > I have tried every distro under the Sun, but they all say they can't
> find
> > the CD drive after initially booting from it.  According to 'google'
> lots
> > of Ubuntu people have had problem with this board.  Some say it's a
> problem
> > with OnLite DVD drives so I even tried with a different brand but still
> no
> > joy.  I have also tried a network install of SLED10 but again the
> installer
> > does not find the onboard network card.
> >
> > It runs Windows lovely though ;-)
>
> do you have a sata dvd drive?
>
> if so, you will need to pass
>
> append="libata.atapi_enabled=1"
>
> to lilo or grub
>
> --
> -


No I have only got IDE drive, but I might have to get one. Was surprised how
cheap they are now. Dabs are doing a SATA Lightscribe for only 22pounds.
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