Quoting Curtis Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hmmm, after a little extra Googling, I happened upon something current: > > http://blizzard.vqbn.com/suse.de/people/mantel/next/RPM/ > > I'm sure it's not supported, but at least it is current (2.6.3). > > HTH, > Curtis
First of all, I'd like to thank everyone for your help. I was pretty much out of ideas on this one until I got all this feedback from the list. I think getting the 2.6 kernel going is the right track. I got a chance to work on it a bit last night, and here's what I've done so far. I installed the mantel 2.6.3 kernel, but it seemed as though it would not boot (splash screen just sat there). I booted into failsafe mode, which worked fine, and I was able to take a look at the kernel config. It looks like all of the drivers I need are already compiled into the kernel (or as modules), but it was built for an i586 chipset. I rebuilt the kernel and modules after selecting Athlon, but I really didn't know what I was doing (it's been way too long since I built a kernel). I am booting up off of my compiled kernel, but I am still using the initrd from the 2.6.3 RPM. I am also unsure about the System.map file, as I have one for each kernel, but there isn't one that's just labeled System.map. Anyways, I don't think this will be a problem. Things seemed to work better when booting off the 2.6 kernel, I didn't seem to get the HD errors on boot, and I was able to the the forcedeth driver for the NIC working, and didn't have the slowdown problem with the web browsing. The problem I'm having is that the system will not boot fully when not in failsafe mode. I had to take out the vga kernel option to actually see why the machine wasn't booting. Both modes boot into runlevel 3, but when I select the "Linux" option in grub, it gets to about the same point starting services and then hangs. My next step is to go through the list of options that are disabled in failsafe mode, and see which one will allow my system to boot. On a side note, I'm still thinking about trying to sell this board and get one that will work with linux right out of the box. After this experience, can anyone recommend what boards have good Linux support, and what I should stay away from? Thanks again, Jesse _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
