Ricardo, Thanks for that 'interesting' tip on Seagate. Did you read this somewhere, or were told by 'word-of-mouth' that there was a problem between these drives and Linux? If the former, can you point to the source? I would like to learn more about this. Occasionally, I pick up a Seagate drive for use in one of my systems or that of a client's. With no disrespect intended, I would never have bought a Quanta Big Foot drive if my life depended on it. My luck with them has not been very good, and the large form factor is both passe' and unnecessary impossing in today's boxes. But, if it's working for you, that's great.
I really would like to know what you have found out. Thanks! T :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ricardo Castanho de Oliveira Freitas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 1:58 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9 & ASUS A7N266-VM Motherboard Em Qua 13 Nov 2002 21:21, Stephen Kuhn escreveu: Wow! this is quite interesting! MY machine is almost the same as yours, exceptions are 1600XP and 256mb pc2100 DDR !!!! It was the finest install I have ever made! Just dropped in the mdk9 CD into the CD tray and watched the show! It was a real nice experience since I made the machine myself and I was unsure of my settings! The Only big thing I found before buying this mobo was ***several*** recomendations (warnings) about the "relation" of seagate HD and Linux!! So, before install I've changed it to a Quantum 40Gb!!! Then after, compiling and loading de NVidia 'rpms', the sound is loud and clear as well the 3D (+acceleration) If my sources are right.... Why don't you try another HD? just to eliminate this possibility! Really HTH, Ricardo > On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 09:07, Mike Norrish wrote: > > Can anyone help with this? > > > > CPU: AMD Athlon 1800XP > > Motherboard: ASUS A7N266-VM (Socket A). > > Sound: Realtek ALC650 (onboard) > > Video: nVidia GeForce 2 (onboard) > > Ethernet: RealTek 8100 > > RAM: 512mb PC2100 DDR > > DD: Seagate Barricuda IV, 40GB > > Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 753s > > Mouse: Genius Netscroll Optical PS2 Mouse > > Keyboard: Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard 1.0a (PS2) > > ---- > > Is it safe to assume that BOTH machines have EXACTLY the same BIOS > settings? > > I'd re-install - and make it very minimal with the least amount of > servers, services and the likes. See if you can get anywhere with that. > Also, choose a generic NVidia driver and do the GeForce drivers AFTER > you've successfully booted and configured the machines. > > (I had the same problem with a test workstation here - unfortunately, RH > 7.3 installed without a hitch, but Mandrake took three installs) -- ========================================================== Linux user # 102240 => Machine # 96125 => Seti@home user ========================================================== http://counter.li.org/ & Get Counted! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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