FC5 Test3 still doesnt work hardware

[RichyF]

Hi guys, i cant seem to get FC5 test2/3 to work on my latest motherboard and dont know if there is anything i can do, i think its the motherboard hdd/sata controller chips.

The Model = Gigabyte GA-K8N51GMF-9
This model runs the nvidea geforce 6100 northbridge and nforce 430 southbridge.

I cannot get it to install on any fedora install atm and am forced to use Suse 10 which does seem to support it with no problems.

Sorry if this is the wrong place to report it

All the best

Richy

[rkl]

Originally Posted by RichyF

Hi guys, i cant seem to get FC5 test2/3 to work on my latest motherboard

What I recommend is that you try turning off various options when you hit the boot prompt after booting from the installer's first CD/DVD. For example, I have an NForce 4 motherboard with an Athlon 64 3200+ and I have to put this when installing *any* distro (SuSE included):

linux pci=noacpi noapic

If those two kernel options aren't present in the kernel line in /etc/grub.conf, then my machine won't boot and the kernel panics. Even leaving just one of them out causes a hang or panic!

Note that although I've listed two disabling kernel options there, there are several others (the function keys on the boot screen give you clues about the other possible ones to try). Note here - I've filed a bug about pci=<whatever> not being written to the /etc/grub.conf file by the installation system (you'll have to edit it in via grub's "e" option in its boot menu and then put it in /etc/grub.conf once the system's up and running).

[eoan]

RichyF - did you ever get this board working? I'm planning to buy a GA-K8N51GMF-9 mobo myself, but have been wondering whether FC5 will support it alongside the onboard graphics, sound and nic.

Could you (or anyone!) shed any light?