On Tuesday 04 October 2005 5:09 pm, D Bhardwaj wrote: > Next I tried Suse 9.3,and it didn't even pick up the sata drives. Hmm. All > these worked on my old old hardware. Any pointers?
Ah welcome to the wonderful world of Linux. You should do a check on your hardware on websites like Linux Hardware (do a google search, there are a few of them). You should be VERY familiar with your hardware and whether it is supported under Linux. Be aware that if you have a no-name NIC or one of the cheaper varieties that the manufacturers sometimes change the chipset of the card for something that isn't supported so you should not only check what brand but what chipset the device uses. If this doesn't jibe with what is listed for that particular card then it likely went through one of these infamous mid-run changes that everyone using Linux hates. Sometimes, install CD-ROM's aren't burned properly and this could be where it is failing for you. I've encountered this. As for USB, this is sometimes tricky, make sure your BIOS settings are correct as well. You should make sure that booting from CD is higher up in priority than you hard drive. I'm not sure about the SATA thing, I haven't worked with that yet but it may be too new yet. Have you run Knoppix on this system? Did Knoppix pick up everything and set it up more or less correctly? Did you get networking, Sound and Video? If so then you are probably safe with most of the modern distros. Also, Knoppix may give you a heads up on your picker devices. Keep at it though, it's worth the effort. -- Jarrod Major Registered Linux User: #224211 GPG Fingerprint: 4556 EFA8 EC69 7C54 EE33 C881 2C7C 0E10 2439 231E
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