Re: Asus A8N-vm

No, I have the cheaper version, the A8N-VM , with NVIDIA GeForce 6100 +
nForce 400
Specs comparision on this page
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2626


I just thought that as this is a new model board, with a new chipset etc..
it wouldn't be supported yet
There is something on Asus forums and a driver on nVidia, but as I have nada
knowledge in Linux, I don't even know how to install them..


That's what I want Linux for, learn Linux


> (Also, thanks for your fellow countryman, Linus Torvalds.)
>

Met the guy once some 12years ago on a DECUS meeting. He held a
speech/lecture in finnish, even though he'd prepared it in english,.. and
his natice language is swedish..(swe about 6% of FI population)
Shy guy actually (or was)

--
Tumppi
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Helsinki, FINLAND
(translations from/to FI not always accurate
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"Douglas Mayne" <doug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> kirjoitti
viestissä:pan.2006.01.29.20.02.38.508159@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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 ;-)
> 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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