Problems Installing Fedora Core 5 on New Server

[Jon Shorie]

> On 4/11/06, Jon Shorie <jshorie at medinaco.org> wrote:
> > I sent this message to the list a few hours ago, but I did not see it on
> > the email list so I am resending it.
> >
> >
> > I am trying to install Fedora Core 5 on our new server.  I am getting the
> > following messages:
> >
> >  Probing for video card:   Unable to probe
> >  Probing for monitor type:   Optiquest V95
> >  Probing for mouse type:   Generic PS/2 Mouse
> >  No video hardware found, assuming headless
> >
> > I have tried 4 different video cards but problem is still happening.
> >
> > Here is the hardware.
> > Motherboard           ASUS P5VDC-MX
> > Chipset                    P4M800MPro
> > Processor               Pentium D 805
> > Memory                   (2) Corsair DDR2 PC4200 1GB each for a total of
> > 2GB Network Card         Intel PRO/1000 MT Desktop 10/100/1000 Gigabit
> > PCI Adapter
> >
> >
> > Video Cards attempted:
> > Nvidia Geforce MX4000 AGP
> > Nvidia TNT2-M64AGP
> > Matrox Millenium 2 PCI
> > Onboard Video
> > When I try to use the AGP Slot, the onboard vide is disabled.
> >
> > Any Suggestions?
>
> Are you trying to install FC5 x86 or x86_64?
I have tried FC5 x86.  I actually did get FC4 to install, but it has many 
problems.  It does not detect acpi, southbridge, or any pci slots.  Also, the 
IDE Controller is only running in PIO mode instead of Ultra DMA.  The install 
took over 2 hours.  I have done some research on this and found that there is 
a problem with both FC4 and FC5 using the Via 8251 southbridge chip.  Via's 
site is currently down so I cannot look there for a driver.  Does anyone have 
any experience getting the 8251 southbridge to work on either FC4 or 5 i386?