Re: Install on new M.B.> other possible hazards.

On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:55:24 +0100, Aragorn wrote:

kid wrote:

I Installed a motherboard (M2N32-SLI DELUXE ) on my
computer. I have tried installing suse 10.2 and 10.3. The result is
the kernel loads...then nothing.

Please define "nothing"? Does the boot process halt or does the screen go
blank?


Hard disks normally do not and never should require any special drivers.
Hard disk controllers on the other hand may require drivers, but a quick
Google search on the board you mentioned tells me that it uses an nVidia
nForce chipset, and those are supported by the stock Linux kernel.



Please be more clear about the trouble you experience, and try to be as
verbatim as possible regarding error messages etc.

In addition, many people still download ./iso/ images and burn them to a
CD/DVD without check the /md5sums/ on the file first in order to verify
that the file didn't get corrupted on the way down from the internet onto
their computers. One defective bit may make a huge difference, and it may
even be a difference that only shows up quite late, such as late in the
install procedure or in post-install set-ups. Additionally, one should use
quality storage media and use a low speed for burning, so as to exclude any
other possible hazards.

Hope this was helpful... ;-)

The boot process stops and there is a blank screen. There are no
messages. And I checked the md5sum when I burned the 10.2 disk. The
10.3 disk is factory (Novell).

I believe the problem is the driver for the sata controller.
The sata controller comes from silicon image 3132. There are no linux
drivers on the asus site.

thanks for any assistance

--
Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Install on new M.B.
    ... I have tried installing suse 10.2 and 10.3. ... Hard disks normally do not and never should require any special drivers. ... and those are supported by the stock Linux kernel. ...
    (comp.os.linux.hardware)
  • Re: Installing a new SCSI tape device on SCO 5.0.6
    ... > below while compiling the kernel. ... - both drivers have a clumsy kludge to deal with a diskless setup ... If you have no hard disks, I suspect you don't really need both "alad" ... blad, change 'Y' to 'N'. ...
    (comp.unix.sco.misc)
  • Re: ACPI Error under 2.6.26-rc*
    ... and attach the rsdp for all of the three cases (good, ACPI Error, ... could you please attach the dmesg output of a 2.6.25.10 kernel which has ... # IPVS transport protocol load balancing support ... # Device Drivers ...
    (Linux-Kernel)
  • init_emergency_isa_pool calling mempool_create in non-sleeping context
    ... I just saw this when booting a current linux-2.6.git kernel. ... # Power management and ACPI options ... # Bus options (PCI etc.) ... # Enable WiMAX to see the WiMAX drivers ...
    (Linux-Kernel)
  • Re: 2.6.29+ NFS-Server Problem "reconnect_path: npd != pd"
    ... This is an x86_64 kernel. ... # Device Drivers ... # SCSI device support ...
    (Linux-Kernel)