On Sat, 6 Dec 2003, Ernie Schroder wrote:
> On Friday 05 December 2003 03:22 pm, Paul Grenyer wrote: > > Hi > > > > > I went through this when I got my new MB as well :) > > > > Nice to know I'm not alone. :-) > > > > > Try passing pci=noacpi to the kernel on boot. Do a search on > > > forums.gentoo.org for 'a7n8x' which also has the nforce2 chipset > > > and caused a bunch of problems. Hopefully the stock > > > gentoo-sources kernel will update to 2.4.22+ which has support > > > for that chipset. > > > > Will do! Thank you very much! > > > > Regards > > Paul > > > > Paul Grenyer > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Web: http://www.paulgrenyer.co.uk > > > > Please note my change of email address! > > > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > I'm just getting around to checking email (had 450 posts to gentoo to > sift through) and saw this thread. I don't know if this is still > valid, but with 1.4-r3 I had to boot with the gentoo -nonet option. > It seemed wierd as the live CD found the onboard nic just fine. HTH > -- > Regards, Ernie > 100% Microsoft and Intel free > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > > > Hi, My machine also has a A7N8X motherboard. I also installed from 1.4-rc3, with no problems at all -- even no need for boot options... I don't recall if the network driver was recognized, and if the kernel module is on that CD. Anyway, it's always handy to have the NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0256.tar.gz file on a floppy so that you can emerge nforoce-net at any time... Elton -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
