On Friday 01 March 2002 09:39 am, you wrote: > Hi. > > Has anyone had the joy of successfully installing linux (any version of any > distribution) on an Intel C440GX+ motherboard? I have been attempting this > for a while, I have this as a spare system that I intended to setup to > replace my primary linux box server at home. No joy. > > I've read the gotcha info on this system on Redhat's site (referencing > 7.1). I've also followed several pieces of advice and created the "special" > boot disk that was created specifically for this motherboard. No joy. I've > attempted the install with the "linux apic" command at the initial boot > prompt. I've flashed every component on the system to the latest version. > I've played with the bios settings. In every case, Redhat locks up > completely at the "Loading aic7xxx driver".
I don't know anything about the board you mention. I was curious about it so I did a Google on "Intel C440GX+ Linux". Here's a link that seemed related and hopeful. http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0101.2/0079.html -- Mike M. Support TriLUG. Reply directly for details on how to send a check. No amount is too small. Subscribe to all the TriLUG lists at http://trilug.org/mailman/listinfo _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ: http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
