> Hi, > > I've just bought an ASUS A7V600 motherboard (VIA KT600) and wondered if > anyone here had already some experience in getting it to work properly > with Fedora Core 1. > > Here are the specs : > http://www.asus.com/products/mb/socketa/a7v600/overview.htm > > Basically : > > - 3Com Gigabit Ethernet : Needs a driver download from asus.com, for a > source based kernel module named 3c2000.o which seems to work (compiels > fine against FC1's kernel-source, loads, chip gets detected, haven't > actually tested the interface yet). Does anyone know if this may get > included into the mainstream kernel or patched into the Fedora one? The > module seems to be released under the GNU GPL : > > $ grep LICENSE * > skge.c: * MODULE_LICENSE was introduced in 2.4.10 */ > skge.c:MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); Yep; I had to go to 2.6 with sk98lin to get it working. > - Integrated VIA Serial ATA : I've read here and there that there is a > SATA patch for 2.4 somewhere (included in 2.4.22-ac4 it seems) which > provides a sata_via.o module. Certainly what I need, but what is the > easiest and cleanest way to get it in? Is there a patch against the > Fedora kernel floating around? As I'd really prefer that... Haven't tried it but shows up in kernel messages. > - On board ATA133 ports : I'm unable to boot from drives connected to > those regular IDE ports, I currently have to boot from a floppy, and > can't get GRUB into the MBR it seems : > > [root@phoenix root]# df > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda1 196015808 26788852 169226956 14% / > none 516364 0 516364 0% /dev/shm > [root@phoenix root]# grub-install /dev/hda > /dev/hda does not have any corresponding BIOS drive. Strange. I didn't have any such problems. Fedora Install worked as usual. > Is there a way to get around this? I've looked at all possible BIOS > options, tested many combinations (the hard drive is seen by the BIOS > and listed in the boot devices) but to no avail. > I'd like to have the system disks on the S-ATA interface anyway, so this > may be a non-issue if I can get S-ATA working properly. > > - IDE RAID on the Serial ATA : Has anyone tried it? Does the S-ATA patch > even work with it, e.g. is it real hardware based RAID or not? I've had > really bad experiences with Promise IDE RAID in the past, and would > probably go for software RAID1 unless I get lots of positive feedback > for that VIA chipset (which I don't really count on). > > Overall it looks like a nice motherboard. Hopefully not to "cheap" > though... > > Feedback very much appreciated. > Matthias > > -- > Clean custom Red Hat Linux rpm packages : http://freshrpms.net/ > Fedora Core release 1 (Yarrow) - Linux kernel 2.4.22-1.2129.nptl > Load : 0.76 0.84 0.63 > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
