Re: dq965gf

[Robson Francisco de Souza {S} <rfsouza@cecm.usp.br>]

Hi Dean,

> give it a whirl, see what happens!

Ah... ok! I wouldn't resist it anyway. :)
But I will do it with a Fedora backup :P. Not that I like Fedora that
much... but I need to get the machine working...

> if fedora and ubuntu are installing debian should be fine.
> if a sarge disk wont boot, try a nightly net install disk.

Good hint. I'll try the latest CDs... maybe one of them already has the
2.6.18 kernel, reported to work with these boards.

Since its sort of new hardware, perhaps I should post a report
on my etch installation later? Do you know where should I post it?

Robson

> Dean
> 
> Robson Francisco de Souza {S} wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I just bought an Intel DQ965GF board and was considering whether Etch
> >could be installed on it. I browse through the Net and all succefull
> >installations seem to be based either in Fedora Core 6 or, perhaps,
> >Ubuntu.
> >
> >I think debian its much more interisting (and use it all the time), but
> >when this new machine arrives (1 week from now), I need to set it up and
> >running very fast so, is there any chance a Debian installation will
> >work?
> >
> >The machine is a E6600 on an Intel DQ965GF board, 320GB Sata disk and
> >DVD/RW ATA drives.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Robson
> >
> >
>