Hi, On Tue, 21 Apr 1998, Braden N. McDaniel wrote:
After throwing up my hands at Red Hat 5 (CD didn't have the drivers to recognize the AIC-7895 on this motherboard), I have ordered the latest SuSE distribution with high hopes. Here is the setup:
Intel DK440LX, 9 GB SCSI hard disc, SCSI CD-ROM drive
The first 4 GB of the drive are currently an NTFS partition on which I have installed Windows NT. The rest of the disc is where I plan to install Linux. I have a few questions before I dive into this...
Can anyone tell me with certainty if the 5.2 distribution will recognize my SCSI controller? Will I be able to boot from the CD to install?
Yes. We are using a newer version of the aic7xxx driver which can handle the aic7895. It is able to boot from CD.
Will the kernel that ships with 5.2 mount an NTFS partition? I'd really perfer not to create any extraneous FAT partition just to get the thing working right--will I be able to avoid that? What sort of incantations will I have to perform to get multiple boot between the two OSes working?
The official kernel doesn't yet support NTFS. There is a readonly experimental driver on the CD. If you want to use it, you'll have to patch and recompile your kernel.
I'm also using a Permedia2-based graphics card (this is another thing that pushed me toward SuSE)... Anything I should know about setting up the X server for this board (specifically, it's a Hercules Dynamite 3D/GL)?
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