[LBo] Linux Drivers

[V. B. Hunt]

On 1/29/07, David M Simmons <DMSimmons2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Tech wrote:
> > Brice Hunt wrote:
> >> I found this clue in the manual for your motherboard:
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Brice, Thanks.
> >
> > I am now convinced that this MB is doing something "unusual"
> >
> > Someone recommended that I try Ubuntu Edgy. I did that. I wasn't
> > comfortable about trying it because all my experience is with RH and
> > FC but I wanted to try.
> >
> > I burned the CD and started the install. I chose manual partition and
> > it recognized the drive and all the correct partitions on it. It
> > seemed to install ok. But.....
> >
>
> > When I tried to restart, it fell into grub.
> This is normal because you have options to also go into (Recovery Mode)
> - i.e. single user, or run Memtest 86+. or if you multi-boot the other
> os. If 10 seconds is too long to wait, you can edit /boot/grub/menu.lst
> change the number of seconds to "0" in the following section.
>
> ## timeout sec
> # Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the
> default entry
> # (normally the first entry defined).
> timeout        10
>
> > Every time I have seen this in the past, it pointed to a disk problem.
> > So I
> > will give up and wait for CentOS 5. I assume that with FC5 working OK
> > with this MB and SATA that CentOS will also. I can wait.
> >
> > I did not get any reply to my question about moving my aps to Edgy
> > either here or in the chat session so that is another reason for me to
> > stay with what I know.
> >
> All apps are available either directly or indirectly, via
> Applications>Add/Remove... or System>Administration>Synaptic Package
> Manager. I suggest you start with "Automatix2" to add Repositories and
> most commonly requested applications. If all else fails you can download
> the deb package and use Applications>System Tools>GDebi Package
> Installer. Or if you are so inclined you can do it from the CLI if you
> like!
> > Thanks again for your help.
> >
> >
> I hope this helps - (david2926) David Simmons
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This is cool.  I'm learning things that don't show up in web searches.

Brice