Re: Asus A8N-vm

Also there's my XPhome on that IDE disk, which will remain
I would use some 20GB for Linux, just to get to know it

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"Thomas Wendell" <tumppiw_nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> kirjoitti
viestissä:43dd176b$0$7477$9b536df3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> That link doesn't tell about a successful installation....
> I use (for the moment) only an IDE HD, a 250Gb
> Have tried liveCDs, Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Mandriva
> All looks good, except for no network, no NIC recognized
> and no sound?
>
>
> ("Instructions made of steel wire" refers to an idiom we have in finnish,
> "Rautalangasta väännetyt ohjeet", meaning explicit instructions)
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> "Douglas Mayne" <doug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> kirjoitti
> viestissä:pan.2006.01.29.16.48.18.978397@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 18:17:27 +0200, Thomas Wendell wrote:
>>
>>> Anybody installed any distro on an Asus A8N-VM, and if so, how??
>>>
>>> As a total Linux newbie, I'd need instructions made of steel wire...
>>>
>> This thread from Friday shows someone having success with
>> this board loading Debian, (with some persistence):
>> http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.user/msg/5dca82f2eca84a7c
>>
>> This board has both SATA and IDE disc connectors. If you are using
>> only IDE, then the installation of any distro will be by the book. The
>> thread above shows the board will work with SATA, too.
>>
>> "Instructions made of steel wire" is an expression which I'm not familiar
>> with. The documentation for all of the major distributions is very
>> mature and well done at this point. You can review the instructions for
>> the distribution of your choice at your leisure.
>>
>> --
>> Douglas Mayne
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