Linux compatibility with ASUS P4V8X-X Mother Board

Hi everyone!

i have a new pc (penthium IV - 2,8 Mhz, Hard disk 80 GB, 128 MB Ram) whith Asus P4V8X-X motherboard. So I tried to install red hat 9 , Fedora, Mandraike 10 on it.

All the installation processes went right, but now, when I start my pc, i get only the grub command on the console and hangs out. Then I'm unable to boot up wih any OS.(even windows). So I had to reinstall Windows also. Is there any incompatibility issue of this Mother board with Linux ?

Can anyone help me?

Thanks,

Sulakshana

Check out http://www.linuxcompatible.org/compat.php. You will find some comments about
ASUS. Your motherboard is not listed, but others work (at least they work better than you
describe).

It sounds like you missed something fundamental on the install. You might go in low-level
with fdisk and delete all the partitions and start over with your install CD after that. After
your install CD is finished, you can still go into fdisk and see how it set up your partitions.

Read carefully how to do fdisk.
I found that I sometimes had to indicate that the partition with my linux root was bootable, though I have been told that this should no longer be necessary.

Mandrake Linux 10.0 works good on this P4V8X-X MoBo.

Regards

Hi everyone,

i have problem when installing Ubuntu 7.10 on my computer
I have Asus P4V8X-X Motherboard, 80GB HDD Sata, 128MB VGA, and 1GB RAM
when boot the cd it stuck on middle of process.

when try other linux like mandriva adn knoppix it just cannot detect
the sata HDD, it maybe couse with driver for the sata drive.
anyone have sata driver for linux for Asus P4V8X-X Motherboard.

thanks.

**only Linux Suse 9.1 can boot normal

Originally Posted by arifab Hi everyone, i have problem when installing Ubuntu 7.10 on my computer I have Asus P4V8X-X Motherboard, 80GB HDD Sata, 128MB VGA, and 1GB RAM when boot the cd it stuck on middle of process.

You need to be more specific about "stuck in middle of process". I know
you are a newb -- and I welcome you. You were talking about SATA drivers.
If you got as far as the part of the install where the disk was partitioned
and formatted, then SATA is not your problem. So please let us know
how far you got -- what things succeeded before your computer hung.
(Also -- do you know formatting a large HDD takes a while?).

I'm pretty certain your problem lies in the ACPI function within your BIOS. Try these steps:



- Reboot your machine
- Press the "delete" key to enter your BIOS
- Navigate across to the "Power" tab
- Set ACPI 2.0 Support to disabled
- Below that, set ACPI APIC Support to disabled
- Now, save and exit setup
- Try booting the machine back into Linux, or installing Linux, now!



Once these steps are completed, it should boot/install fine. Does it? If so, you need to remember that Windows will probably want the ACPI function to be re-enabled prior to booting. Meaning, your Windows will probably not boot without enabling ACPI. This is assuming your dual booting the machine with Windows and Linux both installed. I can only assume so, since you never really said for sure. There is a work-around, in disabling the ACPI function within Linux, so you won't be constantly entering BIOS to do this in regards to switching between the two OS's. Let's see if the above steps work. We'll discuss the "tweak" later, if it does. Which I'm certain it will. Hopefully you haven't already formated the HDD.

More RAM

As an aside, while everything might work with 128GB of RAM, it is very little for a linux distro with a full desktop. If you could obtain more RAM, your linux experience might improve. Otherwise you might try something like Puppy Linux or VectorLinux. Consider at least a light desktop with your flavour of linux.

As for your problem, have you thought of updating the mother board BIOS, as well as looking at the BIOS settings? BIOS setting have an influence on what linux sees, loads, and can, and an update may be an improvement.

You might also try the above advice on ACPI with the use of a Knoppix 5.1.1 live-cd and the Knoppix cheatcodes to test that variable with and without ACPI in the BIOS.

Good Luck

Originally Posted by thorkelljarl More RAM As an aside, while everything might work with 128GB of RAM, it is very little for a linux distro with a full desktop. Good Luck

I fully agree with this. You would be surprised at the performance gains this will bring to your system. I'd use no less than 1 Gig of memory. Your processor should be a Hyper Threading processor, so you want to opt for PC3200 memory. Your board will accept NO MORE than two gig of that particular ram. But anyway, back to your initial concern........

i guest the problem is with the sata raid driver, because when i'am installing windows i have to insert the driver of the sata raid drive via floppy disk (with key F6). then the setup can detect the harddisk. I have download the freespire linux and xubuntu then try to boot the live cd but it just the same case.

** i have partition the hardisk using Partition Magic and format it with Ext3 FS, and create swap partition.

How to insert drivers on linux during setup process?

#outdoorsman : i will try your suggestion thanks.

Originally Posted by arifab i guest the problem is with the sata raid driver, because when i'am installing windows i have to insert the driver of the sata raid drive via floppy disk (with key F6). then the setup can detect the harddisk. I have download the freespire linux and xubuntu then try to boot the live cd but it just the same case. ** i have partition the hardisk using Partition Magic and format it with Ext3 FS, and create swap partition. How to insert drivers on linux during setup process? #outdoorsman : i will try your suggestion thanks.

I have installed Mandriva 2009 on my ASUS P4V8X-X motherboard system with a 1TB SATA2 Hitachi hard drive. No SATA driver was required for installation. It went right on. No problems. Disable the ACPI function within BIOS and you should be good to go. Window$, on the other hand, required the drivers to utilize the hard disk. Install your Window$ first, and then install Linux.

Sorry for the double post..... :-)

Ok the problem solved.

i have disable the ACPI support in BIOS,
now i can boot my all linux cd in my computer

Thanks theoutdoorsman for the advice.

No problem. Your welcome. But before you can boot back to Windows, you'll need to re-enable the ACPI. Then, to go back to Linux, disable it.......etc. To get around this, you need to add the "acpi=off" string to the "menu.lst" file once linux is installed. In case your not sure exactly where to add the string, here's a sample of what mine looks like:

title linux
kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=UUID=206fe079-dfa7-4291-b4a2-223df6ef3634 resume=UUID=d2465490-de3a-11dd-8b0b-01a86f4495df splash=silent acpi=off vga=788
initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd.img

My "menu.lst" file is located at

/boot/menu/menu.lst

Yours is likely in a different location. You may want to consult with others who are more familiar with your chosen flavor of linux. Once the "menu.lst" file is edited with that string, you can re-enable the ACPI function within BIOS, reboot, and forget about it. You won't have to switch it back-and-forth anymore. Glad to be of service. Enjoy!!

You might consider keeping an eye on my open thread regarding your acpi function. Testing your system might be a worthy task and save you a lot of headaches in the long run. I thought you might be interested...... ;-)



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