Re: network card on AMD64 installation
On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 12:21:36AM -0400, Xiaozheng Ma wrote:
> I am installing AMD64 to my new computer, which has Abit ax8 motherboard.
> The installer could not find network device (or configed my network) with
> auto-detect DHCP option. After I manually set the network ip etc, It still
> couldn't work. The ax8 has an integrated network card (i believe it is
> Gigabit LAN)
> http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/products.php?categories=1&model=215
>
> By default, the installer also has problem recognizing my PCI-Express video
> card. but this is a less conncern to me.
>
> Has anyone installed AMD64 successfully on the ax8? Please share your
> experience. Thank you very much.
Well a google search indicates the network chip on that board has rather
poor support at the moment in linux. The maker http://www.icplus.com.tw
does have a linux driver, but you have to download and compiler it
yourself, so it's useless during the install. No current kernel has a
driver for it, so no installer (probably for any distribution) will
recognize it.
Simplest solution is to get some cheap network card to plug in while
installing, until you get the onboard one working.
Currently the board seems to be on the list of 'not recomended for linux
at this time' boards. Not that many boards seem to be in that state
anymore (although ATI chipset boards seem to go there too to a large
extent).
Len Sorensen
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