Re: LFS and AMD64

2007-04-12 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 4/10/07, Srikrishna Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > @everyone. > Not sure if this is the right place to mail theseapologize if it isn't > :) You got the right spot, but two minor details. One, you should start a new email thread if you're talking about a new issue. Two, please don't top-

Re: LFS and AMD64

2007-04-12 Thread Srikrishna Das
Thks Jaqui, I have an AMD sempron 2800+ with AsRock motherboard at home. Not sure how LFS will workout on it. Right now, I am using IBM S51 machine at the college lab to build LFS. Using Mandriva 2006 as host (Mandriva 2007 wouldn't even install on it) @everyone. Not sure if this is the right p

Re: LFS and AMD64

2007-04-11 Thread dperkins
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> The problem appeared to be the driver for the new AMD SB600 Southbridge >> chip. It handles PATA and SATA. I found that support for this chip did >> not appear until the Linux 2.6.20 kernel. The LFS live CD unfortunately >> appears to use 2.6.18, so that won’t wo

Re: LFS and AMD64

2007-04-11 Thread Alan Lord
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The problem appeared to be the driver for the new AMD SB600 Southbridge > chip. It handles PATA and SATA. I found that support for this chip did > not appear until the Linux 2.6.20 kernel. The LFS live CD unfortunately > appears to use 2.6.18, so that won’t work for m

Re: LFS and AMD64

2007-04-11 Thread Matt Darcy
I had a similar problem with a newer Asus motherboard that uses a > JMicron controller for the PATA interfaces. These aren't supported in > the kernel on the current LFS LiveCD. Alexander suggested I try the > 6.3-pre1 version which has a newer kernel. I never got around to it, > though, as I'd alr

Re: LFS and AMD64

2007-04-10 Thread Carson Chittom
On Tue, 2007-04-10 at 09:09 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The problem appeared to be the driver for the new AMD SB600 Southbridge > chip. It handles PATA and SATA. I found that support for this chip did > not appear until the Linux 2.6.20 kernel. The LFS live CD unfortunately > appears to u

Re: LFS and AMD64

2007-04-10 Thread Jaqui Greenlees
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I’m not really sure where to post this, but I hope > to save some people > time in troubleshooting the problem I had. Googling > did not help until > near the end, but that's a matter of asking the > right question. > > I bought a new motherboard, the Asus M2A-VM,

Re: LFS and AMD64

2007-04-10 Thread dperkins
> En 10/04/2007 12:09:34, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > >> I’m not really sure where to post this, but I hope to save some people >> time in troubleshooting the problem I had. Googling did not help until >> near the end, but that's a matter of asking the right question. >> >> I bought a new m

Re: LFS and AMD64

2007-04-10 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 4/10/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I bought a new motherboard, the Asus M2A-VM, and planned to install LFS on > it. I quickly encountered a problem. I had gotten too close to the > cutting edge. The LFS live CD and most distros will not boot on it. Most > distros give

Re: LFS and AMD64

2007-04-10 Thread Joaquín Seijó
En 10/04/2007 12:09:34, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > I’m not really sure where to post this, but I hope to save some people > time in troubleshooting the problem I had. Googling did not help until > near the end, but that's a matter of asking the right question. > > I bought a new motherboard,

LFS and AMD64

2007-04-10 Thread dperkins
I’m not really sure where to post this, but I hope to save some people time in troubleshooting the problem I had. Googling did not help until near the end, but that's a matter of asking the right question. I bought a new motherboard, the Asus M2A-VM, and planned to install LFS on it. I quickly e