Having insstalled 13.10 on maybe 25 systems, maybe 1/2 dual booting and one using UEFI, I have a hard time imagining what could be causing your problems. The only problems I have seen were truly minor. On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 3:42 PM, Michael Butash wrote: > So per a prior comment about odd efi-booting asus laptop, I'm still > dealing with getting an os on it. > > I installed Ubuntu server 13.10 on it as the desktop installer was > unstable, and installed fine enough. Now, my kernels are straight missing > most of my drivers for things like my network cards and who knows what > else. If I install header packages, they are there, but otherwise mia. > > I've never seen such a broken kernel install before, did the initrd system > change on here? Is there some additional package set it needs now > installed to see an atheros atl1c driver gig nic? Even the intel driver > for the wlan nic is missing, so it's not just an "atheros" thing. It works > fine with the server generic kernel's initrd - really flippin befuddling. > > Backstory: > > Because ubuntu's desktop installer is so broken and incomplete for 13.10, > I had to resort to using server to get my normal disk setup working using > raid, crypto, and lvm. After wasting a week with the desktop installer(s), > at least I could get this to install clean, aside from it not creating a > crypttab properly on install that consumed my morning. > > This was after spending almost a week trying to make any form of ubuntu > work on it, getting so pissed and spending another few just to learn Arch, > realized that all in all I'd rather have a deb-based system, so went back > again to try server to at least install. I'm really wondering why... > > Thanks in advance! > > -mb > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry Please protect my address like I protect yours. When sending messages to multiple recipients, use the BCC: (Blind carbon copy). Remove addresses from a forwarded message body before clicking Send.