David Goodenough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I received an ECS A900 this morning
Nice thing, very cheap. I have one of them running Debian Sid. > So I downloaded a BF2.4 ISO, and tried that. This got further, but > the box has SIS 630 video, and the SIS framebuffer driver obviously > did not like the support chips. For support of the SIS 630 in both framebuffer and X11 you will want to get some patches available here: http://www.winischhofer.net/linuxsis630.shtml > I got a framebuffer with tux up the top, and it powered its was > through and put out the message:- > > Compac CISS driver (version 2.4.5) > > and hung. Did you try using an IDE only kernel for installation? I can't remember which kernel I used when I installed my A900, but it was one from an unmodified Woody CD. > From what I can see the next thing it should be doing is looking for > ethernet hardware. This box is supposed to have a RealTek chip in it > but as yet I do not know what kind (I will find out shortly). RTL8129 if I remember that correctly. Nothing special. > So at least I will be able to find out what kind of LAN chip I have > and whether the driver loads correctly (and which driver) for my > next Debian attempt. I would much rather run Debian than SuSE on > this box. Do it. Works fine. BTW, the USB interface is of OHCI type. [x] ulf -- "Portability is for people who cannot write new programs." -- Linus Torvalds
