hello to all
as i am bit new to linux world just hellp me
as i brought a pcs with this configution

amd 3000+ (64 bit)processor
ram 512
hdd segates 80 gb
cd rom - samsung
motherboard k8s-mx-uayz
lg 17'' inch monitor

i tried installin debian on thsi pc but system hangs up,
then i trie with all 4 boot floppy , its not able to recgonise cd rom , lan card
drivers ,
but with Redhat i am getting instalation exited abnormally - sending signal 11


please help me

I'm not familiar with 64bit, but perhaps you'd like to try:
1. Boot from knoppix live cd
2. boot from cd 5 in debian set

There are bound to be 64bit-centric distros out there too

hi
i tried installing old debian base got installld on it but it has not detecte lan card it sis 190 ,same is with fedro core 3 so it must be problem with driver if i am not wrong see if if can get it fix please mail me thanks.

From what I've just googled on that card it would appear that there is support for the sis190 under kernel 2.6.

To find out which kernel you are currently running type:
uname -a

If you have installed from a multicd set that has 2.6 kernels on it, then you may just be able to type:
apt-cache search kernel-image | grep 2.6
to find out what's available,
however, I'm not too sure how much luck you'll have there, and it would depend on quite a few things.

Proabably the easiest way, assuming you have bandwidth, is plug in an old PCI ethernet card that the system
recognises, setup the network so it works, and then:

apt-get update
apt-cache search kernel-image | grep 2.6 (to find which kernel you need)
apt-get install kernel-image-2.6.xxxxx

If you have selected the correct kernel, you might be lucky, and it will have the sis190 driver already compiled for you.


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If, on the other hand this doesn't work, you will have to download the debianised kernel source (pristine source with kernel packages)
with a method similar to above, and then compile your own kernel with sis190 support.
Hopefully it won't come to that .... just get to a 2.6 kernel and see how you go.


By the way ... if it still doesn't seem to be working/loading after a 2.6 kernel is in try
updatedb && locate sis190

good luck

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thanks
mr uberNET
finally i got fell of debian on my new machine well still struggling to get my lan card
with lspci it show detail about sis 190 but when i am using ifconfig it not showing
lan card detail at all ,
i tried install 2.6.10-1.741_FC3 kernel , every thing working but with
no support for sis 190 .

Your last post doesn't necessarily confirm that the drivers for the card are loaded (although lspci sounds promising).
So, try
#lsmod | grep sis
and see if something like sis190 turns up.

There's a possibility that the kernel you've got still hasn't got the sis190 module (could be compiled in the kernel, though),
so try
#locate sis190 | grep modules
to see if the module actually exists on your system
(you may first need to #updatedb)

Then again, perhaps this is all fine, the module for the card is loaded, and you just have an unconfigured network!
So now try:
#ifconfig -a
and see if there is an eth0 entry without an IP address.


note: this all assumes that the module's name _IS_ actually sis190 ... an assumption on my part.