Re: Installing 3.0 (woody eventually) on an ECS A900
David Goodenough <david.goodenough@btconnect.com> writes:
> I received an ECS A900 this morning
Nice thing, very cheap. I have one of them running Debian Sid.
> So I downloaded a BF2.4 ISO, and tried that. This got further, but
> the box has SIS 630 video, and the SIS framebuffer driver obviously
> did not like the support chips.
For support of the SIS 630 in both framebuffer and X11 you will want
to get some patches available here:
http://www.winischhofer.net/linuxsis630.shtml
> I got a framebuffer with tux up the top, and it powered its was
> through and put out the message:-
>
> Compac CISS driver (version 2.4.5)
>
> and hung.
Did you try using an IDE only kernel for installation? I can't
remember which kernel I used when I installed my A900, but it was one
from an unmodified Woody CD.
> From what I can see the next thing it should be doing is looking for
> ethernet hardware. This box is supposed to have a RealTek chip in it
> but as yet I do not know what kind (I will find out shortly).
RTL8129 if I remember that correctly. Nothing special.
> So at least I will be able to find out what kind of LAN chip I have
> and whether the driver loads correctly (and which driver) for my
> next Debian attempt. I would much rather run Debian than SuSE on
> this box.
Do it. Works fine. BTW, the USB interface is of OHCI type.
[x] ulf
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