I now have a working Intel Core 2 Duo system running Fedora Core 6 Linux.
By working I mean I have downloaded and installed updates, wxWidgets
(compiled and ran the Penguin OpenGL demo) and am now listening to a
Dar Williams CD. The display is set to 1280x1024 (this was a problem
with Core 6 RC2).
I have been unable to get the IDE CD/DVD burner to work. It works
under some other OS, but Linux just does not see it. I have tried
every BIOS setting I could find, but to no avail.
So here is the hardware:
Intel DG965WH motherboard with 2GB of memory and a 2.13GHz Intel Core
2 Duo CPU (6400).
ATI X800 display card (Gigabyte GV-RX08256D, PCI Express).
Samsung SyncMaster 192N LCD display.
320GB SATA2 Hard drive (Seagate ST3320620).
Generic keyboard and mouse.
Mad Dog External DVD/CD burner (USB and IEEE-1394).
Internal DVD/CD burner (NEC DVD_RW ND-3).
The BIOS is the latest I could find on the Intel web site
(MQ1545P). The drive configuration for SATA is to "Configure SATA as
<AHCI>". I tried every combination to get the DVD to maybe work.
After trying to use the internal DVD for the install many times, I
gave up. I set the BIOS to <AHCI> and booted from the external DVD
(connected via USB) and did the install. The install worked normally.
I am posting this because several people e-mailed me off list asking
if I ever got it working. Well I finally did.
I do not recommend the Mad Dog DVD. I have returned one, and the
replacement is missing two screws.
Good luck to all Core 2 Duo owners.
Thanks for all the suggestions,
Charles Fischer
At 01:49 PM 9/29/2006, you wrote:
No questions here, just a warning or admitting I do not know what I am doing.
On Wednesday of this week I went to Intrex in Chapel Hill and bought
all the parts I needed for a shinny new Intel Core 2 Duo box. The
mother board is an Intel DG965wh, with a 2.13 GHz Core 2 Duo
(E6400), two GB no name DDR2 RAM, 320 GB Seagate SATAII hard drive,
NEC DVD burner, case, keyboard and mouse. I have a Sharp LCD
monitor and an old ATI Radon X800 based video card to use in the new
machine. This is the first Intel Inside box I have built in a long
time. I have been using AMD products from when Intel came out with
the Pentium 4.
I burned a copy of Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS (Dapper Drake) and started to
do an install. The system would hang on uncompressing the Linux
kernel. So I grabbed my Fedora Core 5 DVD and it hung as well. Now
it is time for a sanity check. I loaded a copy of Windows XP Pro,
without problems. I also loaded a copy of Windows Vista RC1. Vista
also loaded (what a -- never mind).
Now I know the computer works, but Linux is giving me problems. I
downloaded and burned Fedora Core 6 test 3 (version 5.92) and tried
an install. Same problem as Core 5 had. The next step was praying
to Google. I loaded the newest mother board BIOS and tried Ubuntu
and Fedora 5.92 again. There was no change in the Ubuntu
install. I got past the hang using Fedore 5.92 (I have not tried 5
again), but the install could not find the DVD. I thought this was
odd being it booted off of the DVD. After more Google praying, I
bought a USB/Firewire external DVD drive. Booting from the USB DVD
got me through the 5.92 install after a couple of tries (if I
selected the options I wanted, the install would hang). I now have
Linux up and running, but I cannot use the DVD that is connected to
the mother board's IDE port, and X is only working in 640x480.
If somebody has better luck please let me know. If somebody needs
help to get this far, let me know.
Later
Charles Fischer
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