On Friday 07 Nov 2003 6:53 pm, Mark Kirschner wrote: > 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
Things have changed since RH6 The chances of your chipset not being auto detected are very slight. If a driver exists for your hardware (and it almost certainly does) then it will be automatically installed. Linux is a *lot* easier than Windows to install :-) derek -- ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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