On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 08:58 +0200, Nadav Horesh wrote: > The system's processor is indeed core due. The problem with the chipset is > that the kernel loader does not recognize the dvd drive, whatever I played > with the bios setup (AHCI <-> IDE, legacy <-> native modes). If I understood > you right I should find a distribution that boots on this machine (probably > FC5), download stage3, proceed with the installation, and wait for an > official 2.6.18-r? release to get a fully functional system? > Can someone predict if the gentoo team would provide an installation CD with > 2.6.18 before 2007.0? >
This might actually be a good idea, seeing as there is a whole new class of hardware that should be supported, and is very desirable. I'd like to get some of this hardware myself, probably before 2007.0, so I think maybe a 2006.1-r1 might be in order with a kernel bump to support this. Daniel
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