Linux installation support
Hello Linux-Support,
I have several problems to install Linux on my computer. I have tested
the distributions
Debian Woody, Suse 8.1 and Knoppix 3.1 on my computer using any
possibility of hardware
configuration.
Following I discribe all of my computer components:
motherboard:
ASUS CUV266-D DUAL Pentium III 1000 Mhz,
chipset VIA Appollo Pro266 North Bridge VIA VT8633 South Bridge VIA VT8233
memory:
512 MB DDR266
graphic card:
ASUS V8200 Pure GeForce 3
sound card:
Terratec DMX XFire 1024
controller card:
1. Promise Ultra100 TX2
2. HighPoint Rocket133
HDD:
1. 40 GB Seagate 340824A U100
2. 40 GB Seagate 340016A U133
3. 80 GB Maxtor 4R080L0 U133
Zip:
Iomega ZIP 250 MB
CD-Burner:
Sony CD-RW CRX175E2
DVD-ROM:
Pioneer DVD-116
screen:
EIZO F730, 19"
Perhaps some hardware components are not supported by any of that
distributions. I have
searched on many internet pages and hardware data basis to solve my
problem, but I still did not
find any solution. I guess that my motherboard is not supported, because
the tests with a
minimum hardware configuration (motherboard, graphic card, 1.HDD,
CD-Burner, no other cards
or controller) also fails.
Following I discribe the problems:
Suse 8.1:
There was no problem to install Linux from the bootable CD, but the
system was not able to
reboot from HDD after installation. It stops then it wants to detect my
HDD or may be the
IDE-Controller of the motherboard. (sorry, that I'm not able to give
concret information I'm a total
Linux-beginner and the Linux start up is very cryptical for me). I also
tested several boot
parameters like nodma, failsafe ... but without any effect the system
stops. But I'm able to boot
from CD to get access to the installed system as root in
kde.(curious??!!??).
Debian Woody:
Here was also no problem to install Linux from bootable CD. The system
reboots after installation
properly, but with some failure messages with grahic card and/or screen
detection. But I was able
to get login as root so I started to find the problem in the system and
a solution in the
documentation of Debian Woody. But I was not able to install or
configure Xfree86 or any of the
windowmanager (xdm, gdm, kdm). So I got no GUI. That is the result of
the installation with the
compact kernel. All installations of the other kernels failed.
Knoppix 3.1:
The bootable CD starts and shows me the boot promt to enter any
parameters, but whether I do
so or not the system fades to black screen and stops, sometimes I see
the Tux picture but
nevertheless the system stops.
Please give me any help.
Whether my components are supported by any of your mentioned
distribution (or higher versions)
or any other distributions which I have not tested yet
or which components are not supported.
Please answer in german (preferential) or english.
Yours sincerely
André
a.pn@snafu.de
k.pn@snafu.de
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