[SGVLUG] Blah - linux install headache on intel 945g based system

[Dustin Laurence]

On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 11:22:54AM -0800, matti wrote:
> 
> --- Dustin Laurence <dustin at dogbert.laurences.net> wrote:
> 
> Hmm... sort of like what my religious friends
> ask me.. "What would Christ do?"

Nah, Christ would boot, definitely.  Really great hardware support, you
might say supernatural. :-)

> Ok - I asked Buhhda instead,.. since he was
> around..

The Budda isn't a good alternative for hardware testing--he'll just tell
you that the hardware is an illusion and your real problem is your
desire to make it boot in the first place.  If only you eliminate that
desire, then you can avoid being reincarnated as an overworked Microsoft
Windows.

> err.. I mean I tried Ubuntu.

I asked about Knoppix for a reason--my experience is that it nearly
aways works, while most other live CDs might or might not.  I seem to
recall that the Ubuntu live CD wouldn't boot on my desktop, for example,
while Knoppix (and the distros I've installed on the hard drive) had no
problems.  Many times I've tried something else, gotten some error, and
then had Knoppix boot flawlessly.

> Using the external DVD - Ubuntu loads,
> but fails with X, ending up with the
> command line prompt.

But does it find your hard disks?  That's the question, since it appears
that Fedora isn't.  If Knoppix can find your hard disks, then it's a
Fedora screw up.  If not, then there's a good chance that Linux support
is a problem, the board is screwy, or something less obvious like that.

Mike's question was a good one: was that the installer or the installed
system?  If the latter then it's got to be an Anaconda problem, since it
means the installer failed to install a system that could boot on
hardware the installer was able to boot on itself.  But it might also be
easily fixable from a live CD if you can figure out where the problem
lies.

Dustin

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