FC1 on Intel 440GX

[Jonathan B. Horen]

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> Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 14:36:58 -0400
> From: "MW Mike Weiner \(5028\)" <MWeiner at ag.com>
> Subject: FC1 on Intel 440GX
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> I am having an issue installing FC1 on an Intel 440GX motherboard, and
> specifically the problem appears to be with the Adaptec AIC7xxx driver
> which just hangs, and anaconda never does find any disks to install to.
> I have had this issue in the past with other machines, and in the past
> the apic vs noapic option to the kernel seemed to work, as did pulling
> down the correct Adaptec DUD and using that as my driver disk. However,
> none of these are working, and i was wondering if anyone else has found
> this problem and a possiblem solution.

Go to http://greg.wildman.co.za/linux/440GX_bootdisk/ and grab 
boot_440gx.iso, then burn it onto a CD and boot from it.

Worked fine for mine (SGI 1200L cluster)!


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