First Impressions i386 and amd64

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 09:43:17AM -0700, Rob Willenberg wrote:

> i386 - Installed perfectly on my IBM Thinkpad r50. Thanks for the atheros
> drivers. I installed the kernel-source and have the fglrx drivers working
> now as well. I changed the root password, but hte GUI system apps error
> out after the password prompt with a '-1' in the error message.

Very soon, the fglrx drivers will be packaged and ready to run out of the
box.  The packages were not ready for the preview release, but work has
already been done on this with a goal of being supported in the final
release next month.

> amd64 - unable to install. The CD won't recognize my SATA hard drive. 
> The motherboard is NForce3 250 based.

I have done many successful installs on an NForce3-based system, but it does
not have SATA.  What OS is currently installed on it?  Can you provide lspci
-v output?  Do you know which drivers, if any, in the Linux kernel
correspond to your hardware?

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 - mdz