Re: Trying to install Fedora 7 and 8

Hi

1)
The old version Fedora 6 is installed properly except that the Lan that the
Lan driver doesn't work. The Network setup doesn't find the right driver for
the Lan. As I read the support pages on the manufactors homepage they do
have a driver to download. The very same on that came with the mother board
but I can't compile that one. Possibly because have version that doesn't
allow the core to be recompiled. The install asks me to chose a driver for
reading the disks or to chose a drive to boot from. If I chose to boot from
the drive where the already installed Fedora is the setup fail.

2)
So I thought to isntall Fedora 7 or 8 instead. The install DVD can't load
the Linux boot section before installing any thing. It seams as Linux can't
handel the type of RAID on my mother board there was a message on the
vendors homepage that I had to set up the drives in a RAID array done in the
BIOS set up. However I fear thet that will damage the other installs and
data I have on the SATA and IDE drives.

3)
The easiest way to get things working might as I did in the old server.
Installing an "old" network card that I know Fedora support and the updating
from within Fedora once I get the Lan and Wan working. I'm in a dead lock
situation. I seam to need a network connection to updata but I can't update
because I don't have a network connection. I have stumbled into this problem
before and then I solved it with another

Lars


"Stefan Patric" <tootek2@xxxxxxxxx> skrev i meddelandet
news:3%xnj.41388$Wt7.38738@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:43:23 +0000, rosoft wrote:

Hi

I have tried to install Fedore 7 and Fedora 8 on my new PC both are
failing to install since I don't know what driver to use ofr the disks.
The motherboard I'm using is a ASUS MsA-VM. The problem is that it
doesn't say what driver to use on in the manual for the mother board.
There are drivers shipped with the mother board but only for PC and for
Linux only for the Ethernet card and CPU support. The CPU is an AMD 64
X2 (Duo) at 4400+. 1024 MB Ram, one Seagate IDE and two SATA drives.

Can some one help me please, I don't know what to do

I don't think drivers are your problem. Most all the basic drivers are
part of the Linux distro. Rarely are the drivers included by the
motherboard manufacturer needed. I think it's the mix of the IDE and
SATA drives. At what point is the install failing? Be specific.

Stef



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