Giving up on Linux...

[xyzzy at hotpop.com]

On Sunday 22 February 2004 4:01 pm, Bill Gradwohl wrote:
> >The issue here is that Windows XP runs "out-of-the-box" on this system
> >without problems and it is FAST, once it boots.
>
> We run the same mobo on several machines and they work just fine. Out of
> the box, the mobo has enhanced on only for SATA and that's the way we left
> it. We are using Seagate 120G PATA drives. Performance is as expected. I
> flashed the BIOS to the most recent version available on ASUS's web site
> before the O/S install.
>
> The only thing you should do is fix the amount of video RAM via the BIOS to
> 32Meg BEFORE you install. We do this for either a W2K or Linux install on
> this mobo.

How do you know that this is the correct number?

>
> We have no other boards plugged into any slots, so I wouldn't know about
> the Adaptec's effect on the system as a whole.
>
> We've been using YUM to make mods to the O/S as needed and haven't had a
> single problem. I like the mobo for Linux.
>
> Now I hope you're a bit confused about our experience versus yours, and you
> persevere and figure out where the difference is. From where I sit, it
> looks like pilot error.

I'd love to know where.  Out of the box, my motherboard has enhanced on for 
both PATA and SATA.  Are you saying that if I change it to your configuration 
I would get proper booting behavior for Fedora?

>
> BTW - We run over two dozen other ASUS mainboards in house. They include
> some old P-II 266's, various AMD chips, single and DUAL P-III's, various
> P-IV's, and they all work as expected. We have ASUS boards running at
> client sites on Linux, Windows, and Netware, and can't remember the last
> time we lost a server to hardware issues. The best up time we have is on
> Linux server.
>
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