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Re: 440LX Support



On Sat, Apr 25, 1998 at 07:55:18AM -0500, Walter L. Preuninger II wrote:
> My new computer has the 440LX chipset, and it seems that there are alot of
> pci devices that are unknown to Debian 1.3.1 and 1.3.1.r6
> 
> I can begin to load linux by booting the CD, and everything works fine, even
> the hdd probe gives the correct information.
> 
> After rebooting, the hdd probe returns a (status=0xd0)
> 
> The pci device 8086:7111 appears to be the IDE controller.
> 
> Where can I pick up some boot disks that support this chipset?

It does the same with most PCI systems..  Just use the normal boot disks and
install a kernel-source and kernel package, then build your own kernel-image
and install that.  You'll be much happier.

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