Re: amd64 build necessary to get nvidia nforce3 mobo working?
Thank you for your replies, everybody, I'll try 386 again tonight...
I tried the amd64 mini.iso installer. It works great up until it needs
to install the base system. Then, it can't find the network. I go to
command line and I do ifconfig
I get
eth0 Link Encap: UNSPEC HWaddr and then a bunch of numbers separated
by colons. Lots of them. Besides, not having the base install I don't
have pppoe and therefore the installer can't get on the internet to
get the base install.
I have a feeling that this is where that bootstrapping with sarge 386
comes into play, but I don't know what that means.
Is there another iso image available, aside from the mini.iso, that
also contains the base system? And what does this Link Encap: UNSPEC
stuff mean?
On the computer I am using right now, ifconfig says
eth0 Lien encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:1F:C8:9C:55
Alex.
On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 13:29:14 +0100, Aritz Beraza Garayalde [Rei]
<aritz.beraza@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I know this question is probably better suited for an nividia linux
> > forum (where I have posted it 2 minutes ago) but I thought I might
> > check with people on this list too, maybe somebody knows.
> >
> > I recently bought an athlon64 nvidia nforce3 box, and have not been
> > able to install anything except windows on it. I want to install
> > Sarge, but the i386 build does not recognize the network or sound,
> > both of which are integrated in the motherboard. The drivers provided
> > by nvidia are binary and they will only install on a 64 bit kernel.
> >
> > My question is this:
> > "Is there any way to get the ethernet and the sound going on nforce3
> > in Sarge 386, that is, without installing the true amd64 port which is
> > not yet finished, and which therefore might be more trouble than it's
> > worth?"
> >
>
> I had no problem with the new sarge netinstall. I used a 2.6 kernel.
>
> The module to get the network working is called forcedeth, the sound
> is an intel ix810 ac97 compatible chip, so you can use either oss or
> alsa modules to get it working. I recommend alsa ones.
>
> Net and sound are supported either in the i386 and amd64 ports of debian.
>
> > Note that I have already installed a minimal, text only, Sarge 386 on
> > this box, WITH the forcedeth driver, and it does not see any ethernet
> > interface at all, preventing me from doing a netinstall, which is the
> > only install I can do without burning 10 CDs and besides, a computer
> > that cannot get on the internet is useless (to me). It looks like the
> > forcedeth driver in Sarge 386 is for nforce2, while I got nforce 3.
> >
>
> I have had any problems with 2.6.3 and newer kernels. Try an upgrade.
> Or use the amd64 port of debian (recommended).
>
> > Any suggestions would be helpful (I am at that experience level where
> > I am just starting to crawl out of the newbie cave, and start seeing
> > the light, instead of just the shadows on the wall, but my eyes still
> > hurt).
>
> Buy a new sunglases :)
>
> Aritz Beraza [Rei]
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