intel 945gnt mobo

[Eric S. Johansson]

Eric S. Johansson wrote:
> I just spent an afternoon at my friendly white box shop trying to make 
> 5.04 ubuntu work.  Needless to say, it did not go well.
> 
> failure 1: ethernet.  Could not find ethernet driver.  Chipset is most 
> likely 82573E/82573V/82574V but could be 82562GX/82562GZ.
> 
> failure 2: video/X11.  inside the Intel 945G is a GMA950 chip and from 
> searching on the net, it seemed to be rather hit or miss as to whether 
> it works.  Some people suggest using the i810 driver and others the vesa 
> driver.
> 
> potential failure 3: the disks are all serial ATA and I am assuming from 
> what I have read elsewhere that if I want raid 1, I can use just the 
> ordinary md+lvm configuration.
> 
> suggestions on any of these problems?
> 
> if I try BB pre-release, will I have better luck?

answering my own questions:

Ethernet is recognized, video is recognized with the breezy badger 
pre-release install CD.