Sorry I am late in answering. Thank you for your information. In fact I have been using SuSE for last five years and I am fond of it. I tried because I could not find a latest SuSE. I will be glad to get ver. 9.3. But I don't have a DVD drive. Is it possible to arrange a CD version?
Mou and Munna --- Arijit Majumder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The RS480M2 motherboard you are using is loaded > with a ATI SATA controller, which any kernel prior > to 2.6.11 will fail to detect. There are multiple > ways to do it. If you stick to FEDORA then put a > PATA drive, install FEDORA..upgrade the kernel and > the SATA drive will get detected. Otherwise use > something like SuSE 9.3 or Gentoo 2005.1. It will > detct the SATA controller out of the box. You can > contact Anirban (of the mailing list) for SuSE 9.3 > DVD. I have the DVD but do not have a DVD writer. > > Also the new drivers at freedesktop.org support the > ATI 9600 onboard graphics fully. (Do not use the > proprietory driver provided by ATI in any case) > > Arijit > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "moumunna Raychaudhuri" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [OT]Re: [ilug-cal] Motherboard for > AMD64 > Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 09:53:28 +0100 (BST) > > > > > For nearly 5 months I am using AMD64 3200+ and > MSI480 > > with a SATA hard drive. I tried Fedora Core 3, > > PCQLINUX, RedHat enterprise 9.0 (distributed with > > AmarPC) but failed. None could "find the hard > drive". > > A post by me in this group found only four > "upgrade > > the BIOS" responses. This is impossible in a small > > town like ours due to inadequate internet > fecility. I > > don't know whether newer distros solve it, neither > do > > I know what happens in case of ATA hard drives. A > > "RAID" disk is supplied with the MB, but none > > suggested any use of this in this matter. > > Last but not the least -- WINDOWS XP gave no > trouble, > > installed without any hinge, works really well!! > > > > ***STICK TO THE SMPS SPECIFICATIONS GIVEN BY MSI > > (INCLUDED IN THE GUIDE BOOK)**** > > > > Mou and Munna > > > > > > > > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint > attachments. > See > http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 > __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
