Currently, I have Gentoo installed on the machine and it is working fine. I just don't want to keep using Gentoo and have used Debian on a laptop for a long time without any issues. I was just trying to see if the base install would work because it uses an older (2.4.18) kernel. Once installed I will either install the 2.6.3 kernel or the 2.4.25, both have support for the Nforce2 motherboards.
I had installed both MDK9.2 and Fedora on the machine but didn't really care for them. My goal is to set up MythTV on a server to handle PVR and playback on different machines throughout the house. I got it installed on my Gentoo box, but I find Gentoo too much of a hassle to keep updated with the etc-update command and thought Debian would be better for the server. Of course, I was going to try this first on my machine since I don't have to worry about redoing it.
Chris Gehlker <
chris@GCCodeFactory.biz> wrote:
>On Feb 27, 2004, at 9:41 AM, Chip33AZ@netscape.net wrote:
>
>> Has anyone tried to install Woody on the A7N8X deluxe motherboard?
>>
>> Once I get it installed, I will be able to upgrade the kernel to a
>> newer version that will support the chipset, but I didn't know if I
>> would encounter any problems with just the initial install.
>>
>> I'm new to PLUG, so if I posted to the wrong discussion list, please
>> let me know.
>
>I have no experience with the A7NX8X (except for one RH 9 install) and
>most of my experience with Debian comes from Macs. So take this advice
>for what it's worth. My perception is that, in General, Debian and
>Gentoo don't support recent hardware very well. It may be that these
>distros simply don't get the help from the hardware vendors that Fedora
>and YDL do.
>
>So if it I have any problem with either of those distros my first
>response is to install something that will likely 'go on easy' and
>provide up to date disk partitioning tools that will work easily. That
>means Fedora on AMD/Intel and YDL on Macs. Then I just install the real
>target over the net on top of the easy to install Linux.
>
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