[TriLUG] Linux Core 2 Duo problems

[Ron Yorgason]

Here's a complete shot in the dark for more suggestions.  I'd play with 
the IDE BIOS settings.  I think you have options like having the 
IDE/SATA drives combined or having them separate.  I don't have an Intel 
mobo on hand to see exactly what the settings are called or possible 
values, but somewhere under the IDE chipset settings, I think the 
options are IDE, SATA, and IDE/SATA. Play with the different values and 
see if you can make it work.  As I understand the theory, SATA CDROM 
drives aren't supported very well in Linux, and if the mobo chipset 
reports to Linux that it's acting as a SATA CDROM drive, it won't work.  
I came across a similar problem this spring building a D930 system on a 
975X chipset.

As for the video settings, I'd assume that if you can get the proper ATI 
drivers (assuming there are linux drivers available for that model), you 
should be able to get a decent resolution.  The last time I tried 
building a linux box with an ATI video card, it wasn't supported yet so 
I turned around and bought an nVidia card. 

Good luck.

--Ron

Charles Fischer wrote:
> No questions here, just a warning or admitting I do not know what I am 
> doing.
>
> On Wednesday of this week I went to Intrex in Chapel Hill and bought 
> all the parts I needed for a shinny new Intel Core 2 Duo box.  The 
> mother board is an Intel DG965wh, with a 2.13 GHz Core 2 Duo (E6400), 
> two GB no name DDR2 RAM, 320 GB Seagate SATAII hard drive, NEC DVD 
> burner, case, keyboard and mouse.  I have a Sharp LCD monitor and an 
> old ATI Radon X800 based video card to use in the new machine.  This 
> is the first Intel Inside box I have built in a long time.  I have 
> been using AMD products from when Intel came out with the Pentium 4.
>
> I burned a copy of Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS (Dapper Drake) and started to do 
> an install.  The system would hang on uncompressing the Linux kernel.  
> So I grabbed my Fedora Core 5 DVD and it hung as well.  Now it is time 
> for a sanity check.  I loaded a copy of Windows XP Pro, without 
> problems.  I also loaded a copy of Windows Vista RC1.  Vista also 
> loaded (what a --  never mind).
>
> Now I know the computer works, but Linux is giving me problems.  I 
> downloaded and burned Fedora Core 6 test 3 (version 5.92) and tried an 
> install.  Same problem as Core 5 had.  The next step was praying to 
> Google.  I loaded the newest mother board BIOS and tried Ubuntu and 
> Fedora 5.92 again.  There was no change in the Ubuntu install.  I got 
> past the hang using Fedore 5.92 (I have not tried 5 again), but the 
> install could not find the DVD.  I thought this was odd being it 
> booted off of the DVD.  After more Google praying, I bought a 
> USB/Firewire external DVD drive.  Booting from the USB DVD got me 
> through the 5.92 install after a couple of tries (if I selected the 
> options I wanted, the install would hang).  I now have Linux up and 
> running, but I cannot use the DVD that is connected to the mother 
> board's IDE port, and X is only working in 640x480.
>
> If somebody has better luck please let me know.  If somebody needs 
> help to get this far, let me know.
>
> Later
> Charles Fischer
>
>