Well, The x86_64 failed, I used F6 and even added the pci=nomsi all-generic-ide on the second attempt and went into \etc\X11\xorg.conf and modified the video to "vesa" and still no go. The text installer wants ACHI drivers and I loaded one after another but nothing. I tried formatting again but the installer rebooted during the 51% format complete, so GRUB got "F'ed Up." In the wee hours this morning I had to boot to the Vista Disc, launch command prompt and run bootrec /fixmbr just to get something to boot.
I have still not given up but I may need Lilo or wait till Fedora 8 (Rawhide), Ubuntu 7.10 (Gusty Gibbon), or CentOS 6. It seems my hardware is so new to the kernel that conflict is inebitable, like puberty :-) Tomorrow for sh*ts and grins I am loading MAC OSX Tiger to see how it does until my hardware is old enough to drink at the bar with Linux. Later, Brian =========================== Specs: Dell Inspiron 1520 2.2Ghz Core 2 Duo 256MB NVidia 8600M Video Card 160GB Hard Drive (100GB to Vista, 45GB to ext3, and 2GB for swap - actual total size 149GB) Broadcom NIC Dell 1390 Wireless DVD Burner =========================== --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
