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I just bought this new computer with the following specs:
IntelŪ 925x Express
IntelŪ PentiumŪ 4 processor 3.00GHz/800
512MB DDR2 400 (2x256)
ATI Entry 2D PCI-E
80GB Serial ATA/150 (7200rpm)
Integrated Serial ATA with Raid 0 or 1 capability
48X CD-RW Drive
Integrated AC97 audio
Integrated Broadcom 5751 10/100/1000 for HP (PCI Express)
USB optical scroll mouse
HP standard PS/2 keyboard
It current has XP Pro on it, but I want a Linux OS on it to build my web server. I tried installing RH9 onto the hard drive, but RH can't find the drive, and I don't know where to find a driver for it. Please Help!!!
The kernel version in Redhat 9 is 2.4.20-20.9 and has no support for S-ATA.
If you want to use RH9 you will have to install it first on a IDE or SCSI harddisk then upgrade your kernel to 2.6.
After this you will have to clone your IDE/SCSI hd by mirroring it to the S-ATA hd and then you will be able to use it (don't forget to change the devicenames in your bootloader)...
Originally posted by JaBa The kernel version in Redhat 9 is 2.4.20-20.9 and has no support for S-ATA.
If you want to use RH9 you will have to install it first on a IDE or SCSI harddisk then upgrade your kernel to 2.6.
After this you will have to clone your IDE/SCSI hd by mirroring it to the S-ATA hd and then you will be able to use it (don't forget to change the devicenames in your bootloader)...
Thanks for your help. I'm still pretty new to Linux, so i'm sure i'll be back for some help on the cloning thing. I was hoping to use Gentoo, but I'm having trouble with the emerge part of the kernel. It tries to download somthing and since it doesn't recognize the NIC, it can't do anything.
So I could use some help with that, or is there a distro that already has the kernel that would be bette than RH9?
Distribution: Gentoo x86_64, Darwin 8.0.1, Slackware 10.1
Posts: 10
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You should use Fedora Core 2 or 3, those ones at least here are finding correct SATA drivers and they work correctly.
And for Gentoo, it supports NIC, but configuring is littlebit tricky. Ask that thing from gentoo forums.
And just emerge gentoo-dev-kernel or what ever 2.6 is called now. Then configure it and compile it. Do not use genkernel if you have at least littlebit of knowlege about configuring kernel. GenKernel provides a slow and big kernel, but it may also leave some options you might need from being compiled.
I got help via the forums from gentoo.org, and I was able to move past the emerge part. I used genkernel because i had absolutely no clue about config the kernel. I just need to get GRUB to work now and i think i'm set. Thanks all for the help!!
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