Chris R
November 28th, 2005, 02:33 AM
I made a post about it earlier today on mandrakeusers.org, but haven't gotten any replies earlier, here's what I posted.
Last night I downloaded Mandriva 2006, and after several hours, I was finally able to get all of the Linux CD's burned.
When I switched hard drives and attempted to boot from the CD, I would get the "F1 and Install" menu, and after pressing enter to choose install, the screen would go black. Under recomendation of a friend, I went to look up motherboard compatibility (I have a Chaintech S1689, with a Uli chipset, running an AMD 64 4000).
I came up with this, http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1192075&CatId=1750,
the first review says that the board works well on both Linux and Windows, however the last one states that a large number of the Linux Distro's don't. My question here is, for one, if either of those are true, and if the first one is, how can I get Linux up and running, or what Distro (preferably one with a decent GUI, I'm a n00b) would work?
I am planning on upgrading a PCI-E board, but that won't happen for a couple months, and if possible, I'd like to get Linux up and running before then. If you've read this far, thanks for your time.
If any of ya'll here can help me out, it'd be greatly appreciated.
buntu is having trouble installing too, going to check up the documentation, but the last message it sends is "Kernel - Panic!", or something similiar.
Last night I downloaded Mandriva 2006, and after several hours, I was finally able to get all of the Linux CD's burned.
When I switched hard drives and attempted to boot from the CD, I would get the "F1 and Install" menu, and after pressing enter to choose install, the screen would go black. Under recomendation of a friend, I went to look up motherboard compatibility (I have a Chaintech S1689, with a Uli chipset, running an AMD 64 4000).
I came up with this, http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1192075&CatId=1750,
the first review says that the board works well on both Linux and Windows, however the last one states that a large number of the Linux Distro's don't. My question here is, for one, if either of those are true, and if the first one is, how can I get Linux up and running, or what Distro (preferably one with a decent GUI, I'm a n00b) would work?
I am planning on upgrading a PCI-E board, but that won't happen for a couple months, and if possible, I'd like to get Linux up and running before then. If you've read this far, thanks for your time.
If any of ya'll here can help me out, it'd be greatly appreciated.
buntu is having trouble installing too, going to check up the documentation, but the last message it sends is "Kernel - Panic!", or something similiar.