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TerminalAddict
Tux's lil' helper
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 Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 1:35 pm Post subject: GIGBYTE GA-8SIMLH mobo :-( |
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has anyone had experience with one of these?
GIGBYTE GA-8SIMLH
http://tw.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/Products/Products_GA-8SIMLH.htm
I've been trying for days to get any sort of linux on it  but nothing works 
I read here that it works with the 2.2 kernel  whats up with that?
can anyone help? |
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cyfred
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 2:13 pm Post subject: |
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I dont see why it wouldnt work.
You will need to compile in the SiS bus type for the IDE drives and when compiling X use the sis drivers. Which can now be automatically integrated and built alone by
| Code: | | USE="sis" emerge xfree-4.3.0-r2.ebuild |
As for the USB2 support you may get lucky, can you settle for USB1.1?
In regards to getting the NIC to work you need to enable the following
| Code: | RealTek RTL-8139 PCI Fast Eterhnet Adapter support
Use PIO instead of MMIO |
The PIO support is vital for the card to work because of memory management on the bus, if you use the 2.2 series kernel you will not get this feature and will probably get swaping errors on boot up. (This was seen 24hrs ago in the #gentoo channel) |
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TerminalAddict
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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My problem exists further.
how do I actually install gentoo ?
I get errors galore when I boot the live cd 
I also read that that 2.5.x kernels fix this problem but I can even get gentoo installed
is this a case for a stage 3 install ? I've never done a stage 3, I've always done stage 1 |
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