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Help installing linux on 965 chipset !

11 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/help-installing-linux-on-965-chipset.58493/

Faun
Faun Original post #1
May 23, 2007 at 11:57 AM
Installation media not detected and ide channel not detected errrors.

Anyone havin 965 chipset got the same problem ?
vish786
vish786 #2
May 23, 2007 at 11:59 AM
install mandriva 2007 everthing will b fine then... installatio media also will be selected automatically ;-)
M
May 23, 2007 at 12:00 PM
More details please.
What exact make is the motherboard.
Which distro doesn't work.
Anything else that would be relevant.
Faun
Faun #4
May 23, 2007 at 12:05 PM
vish786 said:
install mandriva 2007 everthing will b fine then... installatio media also will be selected automatically ;-)
Hav u installed it on 965 chipset

mehulved said:
More details please.
What exact make is the motherboard.
Which distro doesn't work.
Anything else that would be relevant.
intel DG965RY
Seagate SATA 160Gb
Seagate PATA 80Gb

I tried Suse 10.1, Mandriva, Ubuntu 6, PClinuOS 2007(just downloaded) and FC6.
But on booting it gave kenel panic error.

FC6 got installed after cmd line option all-generic-ide and pci = nommconf

And I even tried ahci mode in BIOS.

Didnt work:confused:
vish786
vish786 #5
May 23, 2007 at 12:08 PM
T159 said:
Hav u installed it on 965 chipset


intel DG965RY
Seagate SATA 160Gb
Seagate PATA 80Gb

I tried Suse 10.1, Mandriva, Ubuntu 6, PClinuOS 2007(just downloaded) and FC6.

FC6 got installed after cmd line option all-generic-ide and pci = nommconf

And I even tried ahci mode in BIOS.

Didnt work:confused:

mandriva 2007 is best for hardware support... and its developer keep updatin the drivers...
and u tried wrong version of suse coz suse 10.1 does not support sata controllers... but suse 10.2 latest supports sata controller better
M
May 23, 2007 at 12:13 PM
Distro doesn't matter, it's the kernel that matters.
All the distros he's used has outdated kernel, that came before 965 mobo was launched.
I have heard that this mobo has always been a sore spot. Only distro I have heard to work with this mobo is sabayon. But, since I heard that and now there has been a lot of development done.
Any distro with kernel 2.6.19 or > might work.
Mandriva seems to support more hardware cos it packs in a lot of proprietory stuff. I would guess that sabayon is also up there too.
Faun
Faun #7
May 23, 2007 at 12:41 PM
I thought PCLinuxOS(kernel 2.6.18) would work but that was the last hope.

Now i gotta shift to anothe distro, suggest me some with kernel 2.6.19.

Yeah but currently 965 is the most stable chipset foe core2duo and it will soon replace 946.

Should i go for Ubuntu 7 ?
M
May 23, 2007 at 12:49 PM
Here's one article on it *db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/Linux_on_DG965RY_HOWTO
From later reports I have heard of sabayon working with the same mobo too.
Ubuntu may work too.
Faun
Faun #9
May 23, 2007 at 12:50 PM
Thnx buddy, i will tell u by tomorrow if it worked or not.
praka123
praka123 #10
May 23, 2007 at 2:59 PM
Ubuntu feisty will work?
got kernel version=2.6.20
Faun
Faun #11
May 24, 2007 at 8:07 AM
Thnx guys am writing this from fiesty fawn:)

Now installing it permanently....wow its a charm

Got it installed and checked that beryl thingy, those jelly effects and cube desktop.

This absolutely rocks. A feeling of freshness.