I actually have 7.2 running on the dell just fine. That's why I got this
other MB so I wouldn't have to keep dual booting. I'm using a sony cdburner
-- *shrug* seems to work fine.
I was finally able to find a CD rom that would work with the Gigabtye board
but then I couldn't get the NIC to work with the board (tried
Linksys,Netgear, & 3COM with no luck). My friend acidently broke my MB in
desperation when he tried his hand and trying to get linux installed. He
knocked a few capacitors off - it was so hilarious how the MB just expolded
into tiny bits!!!
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 3:06 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] motherboard compatibility: asus
On Thursday 01 February 2001 08:15 am, Mark Johnson wrote:
> I checked the mandrake site for MB compatibility but couldn't find
> any information. I was planning on getting an Asus ATX Super7 5/2
> [P5A] does anyone anticipate problems.
no problem, Asus makes a very good board, so does Gigabyte mostly
> I had a gigabyte board and
> linux refused to install with the CDROM I got for it.
what cdrom?, some are almost useless, Sony comes to mind
It installed
> fine when I tried the same CDROM on my dell PC so I just assume the
> gigabyte board was the problem....
I'd rank anything Dell first. Dell only uses the absolute lowest
cost, limited, often substandard, proprietary stuff they can arm-twist
thru volume buying hardware.
>
> Does anyone think I'll have problems with this Asus board?
nope, other than it won't be compatible with a Dell case/power
supply. The cure is to get rid of Dell junk as much as possible
--
Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
