Re: Asus A8N-vm

On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 21:28:42 +0200, Thomas Wendell wrote:

> That link doesn't tell about a successful installation....

The link is to the first entry in a thread of three articles.
The OP indicates he solved his problem using persistence.

> 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)
Thanks for that, but I know it would take some practice pronouncing it ;-)
(Also, thanks for your fellow countryman, Linus Torvalds.)

Note: comments inline

Is this your board:
http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/77909774/m/939006737731/inc/-1

I found this review, which does talk about improving support for that
board with newer kernels. That could explain some of the trouble you had
with live CDs.

BTW, trying out live CDs is a great way to find out what Linux is all
about. You are ahead in the game because you have already tried some.
You've had the basic introduction, and now you want more. Good!

Have you picked a distribution? Did you like Ubuntu? Here is the list of
currently popular distributions:
http://distrowatch.com/stats.php?section=popularity

The Fedora documentation is good starting point for a newcomer:
http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/fedora-install-guide-en/fc4/

All of the distribution's setup discs (except live CDs) are trying to
achieve the same general goal: install a GNU/Linux on the target system.
The explicitly correct instructions will depend upon which distribution
that you decide to use.

--
Douglas Mayne
.

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