Hi All, I Jut bought a new PC (Aldi/Medion-8818). It runs fine with its preinstalled Windows Media Edition. I tried a couple of recent Linux live-CDs (Knoppix 5.0 & latest Ubuntu, both debian-based) and both failed to fully recognize my hardware. Most notably the SATA disks were not seen. Before I wipe what's working, could someone confirm I can successfully install debian on this machine? I would like precise instructions about modules to load at startup and/or boot parameters to give on the command-line (if any). As said I have reasons to doubt the installation will be painless.
Details for tha machine: Processor: DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo E6300, 1866 MHz (7 x 267) Motherboard: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL MS-7318 Chipset Motherboard: VIA P4M890 Main Memory: 2 x 1 GB DDR2-533 DDR2 SDRAM BIOS: Award (11/09/06) Graphic card: nVIDIA GeForce 7650 GS (256 MB) Audio: Realtek ALC888 @ VIA VT8251 High Definition Audio Controller IDE: VIA Bus Master IDE Controller - 0571 Controller IDE: VIA Serial ATA Controller - 5287 Disk: Generic Flash HS-CF USB Device Disk: Generic Flash HS-MS/SD USB Device Disk: Generic Flash HS-SM USB Device Disk: ST3320820AS (320 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA-II) Disk: ST3320820AS (320 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA-II) Disk: Hitachi/LG HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H20L Disk: Hitachi/LG HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8164B Network adapter: RT73 USB Wireless LAN Card Network adapter: VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter TV tuner: Philips SAA7135HL Multimedia Capture Device On a side issue: What TV handling / PVR program would You advise? will MythTV work ok in Europe (Italy)? (I heard it was very US-centric a few years ago). Thanks for Your Patience. Mauro -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]