On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 11:15, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Sunday 02 November 2003 01:01 pm, Richard Bown wrote: > > Hi > > got 9.2 on that thing at last, noapic and acpi=off ( OK Greg :) ) > > Hey, hey, great news!! Thanks for sticking with it, your friend won't be > sorry. Don't forget to send Tom the dmesg output so he can get the install > kernel to recognize that board correctly. > > > BUT it took 3 installs to do it, > > first bombed out loading an object file for newt > > the second just hung after selecting the files to load > > third time it went in , each time was an install and each time all > > partitions were formatted. > > > Strange, could be a difficult to read cd or a flaky cd-rom drive. It's not an > LG is it? > > > MOBO= ASROCK K7S8X > > > POS :-) > > > The Alsa drivers for the integral sound card only half function. > > /dev/dsp fails > > the alternate drivers ali5455, nvaudio and the 810 oss driver do not > > function at all. > > the card is listed as a Cmedia ac97, harddrake finds SIS 7012. > > There are no linux drivers on the asrock site. > > > That board has got a Sis 745 southbridge with an AC '97 codec, and according > to the ALSA project website, is not supported yet. Check the soundcard > matrix here: http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/ It might be worthwhile > to pick up a $15 SB or something. > > > ! mobo to stay clear off > > > I generally do not like boards with Sis chipsets. Believe it or not, I have > had the most good luck with VIA.
Same luck here with SIS no matter what OS.
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