OK, I'm about to take the plunge and get my home PC on Linux (got a plan so that I can have my Linux, and the wife can use MS stuff until I can sell her on Linux: Separate hard drives in removable caddies! I have a slight problem though, and maybe the wizards here can steer me in the right direction.
My home PC is three years old, with a PCChips system board. Well, I was cheap (near broke) when I got it, and cheaper now. The system board has all the devices on board: video, sound, NIC and modem. I can't find the book that came w/ the system board, so don't know really what model it is (well, I can probably use a part code from the board), but I remember last time I attempted Linux on this box (RH6, gave up out of frustration, and needed a system working faster than I was getting w/ RH), I couldn't find drivers for the devices (PCChips didn't and may still not support Linux). I am hoping I can find a utility that will identify the peripheral components that are in my computer, maybe by chipset so I can try to find appropriate Linux drivers that don't auto-detect at setup. Is there such a beast in existence? Any suggestions for me that can make this go smoothly? Aside from buy a new computer (unless someone wants to send me one free of charge, PC replacement is not in the budget...we kind of like eating you know, and the computer components are crunchy and bland! ;) Thanks for any help here. Mark
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