On October Saturday 08 2005 7:24 am, Sid Boyce wrote:
Kevanf1 wrote:
On 08/10/05, Kevin Donnelly
wrote: <snip> IF THE HARDWARE YOU ARE CONSIDERING BUYING IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH LINUX DON'T BUY IT AND LET THE MANUFACTURER KNOW ABOUT YOUR DECISION! <snip>
Select your hardware for Linux is the best policy, I take a list of what is supported and choose from that, in many cases it's a huge list. In a debate at LWE in London last Wed., Klaus Knopper got sustained applause when he spoke, he was very incisive in his responses, IBM chipped in with a few home truths also and the <snip> I agree this is the best way to go... However, I bought the hardware w/ which I am currently having problems installing Suse 9.3.
Each piece individually and all together were considered . The company from whom we bought all the parts even went so far as to take back, and after some testing, the original MOBO. They then wandered about the shop and found other Linux users and decided on the current MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum. They even used a boxed set of Suse 9.3 to try to install ( on one of their own drives ) to see if there would be the same problems ( It couldn't see keyboard or mouse once it got to the "New Install" choice the thing turned up DOA <sigh>) W/ the new MOBO that frozen input didn't happen and doesn't happen here. ) However, here it doesn't seem to do an install that can boot w/ out freezing, and we have tried all the options possible. Thanks to Anders Johannson, who helped by telling me yast would only show me the correct packages to install. ;) But we still get no install, even tho it appears to proceed w/o any problems. So, although I heartily agree about choosing items that are linux compatible, and where there is a difference, Suse compatible. That doesn't solve all possible problems. And that last bit is the gist of this.. in spite of taking every precaution . Our new computer doesn't complete it's installation w/ enough of the necessary stuff to give me a desktop or init 3 commandline that allows any input. We have complete and hard locks, all w/ Suse approved stuff. - - j registered linux user #363029 Mornings: Evolution in action. Only the grumpy will survive. I have a first class Migraine get OUT of my way... you are standing between me and medicine. That isn't a healthy place for any merely human entity to be.