I confirm this problem with Ubuntu 8.10, 64 bit, on an EVGA motherboard
with an nforce 680i SLI chipset. The workaround using the forcedeth
parameters and update-initramfs works.
How about you chaps ship that as the default kernel parameter for that
module?
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Ethernet (nVidia MCP55) not
I probably phrased what I said badly: I meant I changed the boot order
of the disks. I did not reorder the disks.
Note that in the snippet I put in manually above, I type in root (hd2,
0) into super grub disk, i.e. the disk is still sdc. I have no idea why
this gets me in through the boot CD, but
I encountered the same problem (grub error 2) after installing, and this
cost me many hours. I considered recommending Ubuntu for some non-
technical friends, but it seems that this still won't be an option.
Anyway, here is a complete summary:
- I have an internal NVIDIA mirror RAID with Windows
