On Tuesday 08 Jun 2004 22:39, Eric Scott wrote:
> Yo,
> I have a box with an ASUS A7N266-VM motherboard that I assembled
> myself. {The computer, not the motherboard ;-)} I'm almost positive
> that ASUS doesn't have linux drivers for this product, and I don't
> really need them terribly, as everything I really use that box for is
> local. Right now I don't even have linux installed on it, but I'm about
> to put it back on; I know a while back I mentioned something about my MB
> and somebody wrote back with a procedure to get the on-board ports
> running, I.E. the ethernet port... and my USB gives me troubles too. At
> the time I was brand-new to Linux, and I'm still quite novice, but I'd
> like to take a shot. If anybody knows what I can do to get this specific
> hardware running, I'd be very grateful.
> I need really basic stuff, like "type this command" then "type this,"
> not "extract that" or "set this."
> Thanx,
> ES
>
> PS: The last two or three messages I posted I got a "message returned"
> error... but they still got through. Anybody know why it seems to think
> I'm not getting through when I am?
> Thanx
You are very unlikely to need special drivers for your mobo. This aint like
Windows. Just install linux and it will sort itself out
There are some mobos, where all you devices may not be correctly recognised.
If that happens to you come back and many willing people will work you through
it.
Whatever your previous experence was Linux changes so fast it is likely to be
completely different now. Give it a go. You have nothing to lose but your
chains.
derek
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