Re: 2005 -- We ust take on Windows

From: kier (vallon_at_tiscali.co.uk)
Date: 01/07/05 

Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 23:57:50 +0000

On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 19:00:52 +0000, Conor wrote:

> In article <pan.2005.01.06.00.04.20.846524@tiscali.co.uk>, kier says...
>
>> > X.Org and APIC mainly by the looks of things. APIC is easy to sort out
>> > but I'll hold my hand up to not having the ability to change from one X
>> > server to another yet.
>>
>> I think those were mainly what screwed my installation on my laptop -
>> though the actual install went fine. My brother did his best, but he's not
>> used to Mandrake. But I've had no trouble with this bog-standard P3 Dell
>> I'm posting from, and don't anticipate much on my other two desktops.
>> Slightly odd hardware can be a pain.
>>
> I'm trying to get this all working on a Shuttle SN45G (latest BIOS)
> which is a nForce 2 Ultra 400 board so hardware wise, nothing unusual
> for later Linux distros. What really does throw me though is Knoppix.
> It won't even boot. Gets to the "Searching for SCSI.." at the very
> start of the bootup sequence and hangs solid - first time I've ever
> seen Knoppix do that. I've got to be missing something blatantly
> obvious.

Check out the cheatcodes at boot. Give this a try: knoppix noscsi (since
it seems to hag there). And try the 2.6 kernal option if you haven't
already.
 
> On the Compaq Deskpro however, its a different sotry. Completely
> flawless - even the "mono" internal speaker works.

It's strange how some hardware can be fine, when you'd expect otherwise.
As always, you've just got to give these things a try, and see what
happens. Let me know if you have any luck. 

-- 
Kier

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