Dale wrote: > William Kenworthy wrote: >> On 21/10/13 11:09, Dale wrote: >>> I rebooted and the newest sysrescue still wouldn't boot up. It says it >>> can't find /sysrcd.dat which I think is caused because it can't use the >>> USB port that the sysrescue stick is plugged into. So, I booted Knoppix >>> instead from DVD. Success. I got a list of drivers from lspci and plan >>> to research them and see if I am missing something. If not, I may just >>> start with a fresh config and see if that helps. >>> >>> At least the mobo is working tho. That's a good thing. It's a start at >>> least. >>> >>> Dale >>> >>> :-) :-) >>> >> Ive found that with gentoo/sysrescuecd before - the other distros do a >> better job of detection - I have a dell system here that wont work on >> SRD for instance. But after using ubuntu to find what was missing, its >> running gentoo fine. >> >> Billk >> >> >> >> > Well, I have enabled everything I could find from the Knoppix test and > it still does not work. I'm likely going to just try to config a kernel > from scratch later on. That or go back to the one from my old mobo and > just change the chipset. See if that works. > > Thanks for the help. I'll post updates when I can. I may be pretty > busy for a few days. Could be a bit. > > Dale > > :-) :-) >
Update. I did some googling and found out that I have to add " iommu=pt" to the kernel command line. When I do that, it works fine. It seems that this mobo doesn't play well with 64 bit Linux. Some even said it appears to be a windoze only mobo. So, my question is this. I just spent $120 on a mobo that it appears it doesn't work up to its full value. Should I swap this mobo for another board, brand to most likely, and be done with it? I like my last Gigabyte mobo but if this one isn't going to support what I use, maybe I need to rethink this selection. What are the thoughts of some mobo gurus? I bought it from newegg so return shouldn't be to big of a issue if I get this started pretty soon. I'll check for BIOS updates but the posts I found said it didn't help a bit. Thoughts? Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
