In general Gentoo works with most stuff that isn't too off the wall. � It's not any different than other Linux Distros - there is some hardware like many winmodems that can't be supported but for the most part almost everything is supported. �Sometimes the LiveCD won't pick up the hardware (network cards, disk adapters, etc.) automatically but you can then manually modprobe it in most cases. �In the cases where it won't work it may be another problem causing it. For example, I installed Gentoo on one system with no problems - picked up the Adpatec SCSI RAID card with the LiveCD, installed, booted fine. �However, I have another system with the same RAID card and the LiveCD didn't find it and I couldn't modprobe it - it failed. �In that case I used Knoppix to get booted so I could mount the drives (Knoppix found the hardware no problem) and I could do an install. � At this point the system won't boot but it was built with kernel version 2.4.20-xfs_pre6 whereas the other system had 2.4.19-xfs. �I'm planning to try and use 2.4.19-xfs and see if it will boot. � > Hello, > > With a distribution like Gentoo, should I be worried about hardware > support? I'm thinking of such thigns as a CDRW, DVD drive, sound, video, > printer and ethernet card. How hard will it be to get those items > working? > > I am certainly willing to make sensible hardware choices. But I don't > want to feel like I have to wrestle the system to get anything done. > > Thanks for the help,
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