installing linux

From: eSunny (sunilkumar.e_at_gmail.com)
Date: 06/18/05

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    Date: 18 Jun 2005 13:02:08 -0700

    hello all !!

    please advise me on installing linux on my machine, as i have tried
    earlier with suse and redhat, there was a problem with the display
    settings,the display driver SiS M760 was not supported by both of them.
    Can anyone advic me on this
    here are my system specs:

    System
    Processor
    Model : 1x Mobile AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 2800+
    Speed : 798MHz
    Model Number : 2800 (estimated)
    Performance Rating : PR1197 (estimated)
    Type : Ultra-Low Power
    L2 On-board Cache : 256kB ECC Synchronous, Write-Back, 16-way set, 64
    byte line size
    Mainboard
    Bus(es) : ISA AGP PCI CardBus USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus
    MP Support : 2 CPU(s)
    MP APIC : No
    System BIOS : American Megatrends Inc. 080011
    System : FUJITSU SIEMENS Amilo A 1640
    Mainboard : Uniwill 255KI / 259KI Series
    Total Memory : 480MB DDR-SDRAM
    Chipset 1
    Model : Fujitsu Siemens Computers SiS760 Athlon 64 CPU to PCI Bridge
    Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 800MHz (1600MHz data rate)
    Chipset 2
    Model : Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Athlon 64 / Opteron HyperTransport
    Technology
    Configuration
    Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 800MHz (1600MHz data rate)
    Total Memory : 512MB DDR-SDRAM
    Memory Bus Speed : 2x 159MHz (318MHz data rate)
    Video System
    Monitor/Panel : Plug and Play Monitor
    Monitor/Panel : Default Monitor
    Adapter : SiS M760
    Physical Storage Devices

    Hard Disk : FUJITSU MHT2040AT (37GB)
    CD-ROM/DVD : _NEC DVD+-RW ND-6500A (CD 24X Rd, 24X Wr) (DVD 3X Rd, 3X
    Wr)
    Logical Storage Devices

    Peripherals
    Serial/Parallel Port(s) : 1 COM / 0 LPT
    USB Controller/Hub : SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller
    USB Controller/Hub : SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller
    USB Controller/Hub : SiS PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller
    USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
    USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
    USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub

    FireWire/1394 Controller/Hub : Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE
    1394 Host Controller

    PCMCIA/CardBus Controller : O2Micro OZ711Mx MemoryCardBus Accelerator
    PCMCIA/CardBus Controller : O2Micro OZ711M1 MemoryCardBus Controller
    PCMCIA/CardBus Controller : O2Micro OZ711M1 MemoryCardBus Controller

    Keyboard : PC/AT Enhanced PS/2 Keyboard (101/102-Key)
    Mouse : PS/2 Compatible Mouse

    MultiMedia Device(s)
    Device : Vinyl AC'97 Codec Combo Driver (WDM)
    Communication Device(s)
    Device : Smart Link 56K Modem
    Printers and Faxes

    Power Management
    AC Line Status : On-Line
    Operating System(s)
    Windows System : Microsoft Windows XP/2002 Home (Win32 x86) 5.01.2600
    (Service Pack 2)
    Network Services
    Adapter : SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter

    thnx.

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