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: Re: LUG: Call 822858: trying to install linux
From
: "Dale Broadbent" <dwbroadb@ncsu.[redacted]>
Date
: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:12:34 -0500
Parent
Here is my motherboard
The SATA on the motherboard I believe is powered by
NVIDIA. At least I put the NVIDIA drivers on a floppy and used that during
windows setup for SATA recognition. My older motherboard (Chaintech
ZNF3-250) used the Sil 3114 SATA chipset.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 11:10
AM
Subject: Re: LUG: Call 822858: trying to install
linux
> What SATA controller are you using?
>
> On 11/15/05,
Jack Neely <
jjneely@pams.ncsu.[redacted]
>
wrote:
>> Dale,
>>
>> I'm going to send this email
over to NCSU's Linux User Group. There's
>> some folks on that
mailing list with quite a lot of experience that will
>> be glad to
help. You can find about about the group and its mailing
>> lists
by visiting
http://lug.ncsu.edu
>>
>> These folks will probably recommend either Fedora
Core or Ubuntu. Both
>> of which are fine distributions.
The problems we will face are dealing
>> with NTFS and your SATA
RAID. NTFS is Microsoft IP which keeps a lot
>> of support for it
out of Linux. We should be able to at least read the
>>
partitions however. If you are reinstalling Windows anyway you
might
>> want to consider using FAT32 which works well under
Linux.
>>
>> A lot of the hardware SATA RAID is
problematic...because is proprietary
>> and cheap. The folks on
the LUG list will know better than I which ones
>> work and which
don't. Although, the 3Ware SATA RAID cards work very
>> will with
Linux.
>>
>> LUG'ers, have at it. Also, you don't need
to copy Remedy.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Jack
Neely
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 09:40:35AM -0500,
dwbroadb@ncsu.[redacted]
wrote:
>>
> Jack,
>> >
>> > Thank you for the
explanation. Right now I am kind of frustrated with
>> > Linux
distros. I tried College Linux and it did install without a
hitch.
>> > But it wouldn't recognize my SATA hard drives and after
15 minutes of
>> > searching, I couln't figure out how to access my
IDE hard drive (it's
>> > formatted with NTFS for
windows).
>> >
>> > I then tried a 1.7GB download of
Mandrake Linux, as it came highly
>> > recommended, but even after I
burned the ISO onto 5 different DVDs using 2
>> > different programs
(Nero and Alcohol 120%), I was unable to get a DVD that
>> > would
install (each one gave me an error message 30 seconds into the
>> >
install and quit).
>> >
>> > College Linux also screwed
up my computer royally. I couldn't boot
>> > anything after it
was done and had to reinstall Windows XP, which really
>> > sucked.
While it had a boot loader, the boot loader program couldn't see my
>>
> Windows installation because it was on my SATA Raid 0 hard
drives.
>> >
>> > So, do you know of a Linux distro I
could use that a.)will produce a
>> > error-free install CD/DVD and
b.) can recognize not only a SATA hard drive,
>> > but two that are
in a Striped Raid 0 array? I suppose I would have to
>> >
download Linux SATA drivers from Silicon Image...
>> >
>>
> I intend to create a Beowulf cluster, but how can I do that if I can't
even
>> > install Linux by itself??
>> >
>>
> Thanks a lot for your help!
>> > Dale
>>
>
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "The
Help Desk" <
help@ncsu.[redacted]
>
>> > To:
<
dwbroadb@ncsu.[redacted]
>
>> >
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 5:24 PM
>> > Subject: Call 822858:
trying to install linux
>> >
>> >
>> >
>
>> > >Hello Dale,
>> > >
>> >
>I appologize for the confusion. While older versions of Realm Linux
are
>> > >available on
ftp.linux.ncsu.edu
(a version based on
Fedora Core 2 being
>> > >the latest) we have migrated to using
Red Hat Enterprise Linux as our
>> > >basis for Realm
Linux. This is a licensed product that I cannot make
>> >
>freely availible. I've been working with Red Hat to develop a way to
be
>> > >able to distribute and track licenses for students at
this time that is
>> > >not possible.
>> >
>
>> > >I am on the lookout for a student that would be
willing to help maintain a
>> > >Fedora Core based Realm Linux
distribution. If you or some one you know
>> > >would be
willing to help please let me know. There's some limited
>> >
>developer documentation on the CLS web site and the Wiki.
>> >
>
>> > >Thanks,
>> > >--
>> >
>Jack Neely
>> > >Realm Linux Administration and
Development
>> > >PAMS Computer Operations at NC State
University
>> > >Campus Linux Services
>> >
>
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>>
>
>> > -- Original Headers --
>> > >From
dwbroadb@ncsu.[redacted]
Tue Nov 15 09:40:34
2005
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>> > From: "Dale Broadbent" <
dwbroadb@ncsu.[redacted]
>
>> >
To: "The Help Desk" <
help@ncsu.[redacted]
>
>> >
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>> --
>> Jack Neely <
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>
>>
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>> PAMS Computer Operations at NC
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