On Monday 12 February 2007 16:23, Marcel Janssen wrote: > On Sunday 11 February 2007 14:22, Marcel Janssen wrote: > > Hi Teo, > > > > > The trouble seems to be the JMicron chipset. This has a SATA RAID > > > option that is not recognized by the linux kernel. Another issue, is > > > that once U get it finnaly running under linux, you don't have SMP > > > working ( with Pentium "D" or Core2 Duo based processors). > > > > I just need FC to run on it and don't really care about the SMP for now. > > Looks like there are some BIOS issues with this board as well. I'll > > monitor the MSI site for any updates. > > I got a little further today. I started with the kernel option "noapic" and > acpi in BIOS disabled. I was able to install FC6, but it does give me lots > of errors at boot. > > > > best luck > > Well, it was a frustrating experience. > In short, this main board is a disaster. I'm unfortunate that I bought two > of those. I spend in total about two whole days to make it work and still > have a non-workable system. It means that I'm looking for two new 775 main > boards and looking for some good suggestions. As a kind of answer. I have installed several dozens of linux boxes (starting with the rogue Red Hat 5 a few years ago) and I dont remember another mobo with the same level of intolerance to linux as this MSI model. For my best times with linux I always prefer a Intel model mobo. YMMV. > Is there a database where I can find out which main boards work well with > FC ? (I don't like to buy two new ones and have the same experience again). Maybe this: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/html_single/Hardware-HOWTO/ > > regards, > Marcel best regards Teo
