Below I'm posting all installtion issues I had with LM 7.1 on a HP Pavilion 6470Z and the solutions so this will hopefully help out the archive and some poor soul searching for answers to thier questions at a later date. Graphix card: ATI Mach 64. Flawless detection and installation. Sound Card: RipTide Unsupported in Linux. Replaced with Soundblaster PCI100 and after much effort going over HOWTOs and rebuilding device files ect ect outside the scope of this I discovered something about the speakers that come with the Pavilion. As I was ripping through the case I noticed something interesting, the sound card had a cable that ran to a second tiny card slot (no PCI or ISA interface, just stuck through one the holes the back) that provided the actual ports you plugged the speakers into. Apparently this second half card thingey has some kind of control over the volume on the speakers. After installing my sound card I discovered that it worked, but played so quietly that even with the mixer maxed out it was still pretty quiet. It never dawned on me that that little half card pass through had anything to do with the volume on the speakers. Well it does. So basically if you want to install LM 7.1 on a Pavilion, you'll need a new sound card AND speakers (Remove the old ones of course to avoid confusing the installer) other than that all of the core system stuff works great. One issue not covered here: I installed LM 7.1 after the 12 GB Quantum Fireball running windows crashed. I installed 2 20gb Maxtors. A number of people have reported problems with Quantum drives on Mandrake. If you're using a quantum drive and can't afford to buy a well made drive, you're best off going with RH6.1 and it's 386 optimized code. I'm loving 7.1 on this pavilion, all the trouble was worth it. Thanks to the folx on the list that helped with the various issues! -- -David Talbot Those who would trade freedom for security deserve neither. -B. Franklin
