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February 23rd, 2005 21:00
gentoo Linux fails to boot properly on Dimension 4700
I'm trying to install Gentoo Linux on my brand new Dell Dimension 4700, and I'm running into some severe problems.
In particular, during a normal boot on the 2004.3 minimal LiveCD, although linux detects the NIC, and I configure it correctly, it can make no connection anywhere. I saw someone else who said that passing "acpi=on" as a boot parameter worked for him, but this does nothing for me (as "acpi=ht" is passed as a boot parameter from grub). Passing "noapic" resolves the problem with the NIC but then makes the SATA drive disappear (i.e., not be detected).
Anyone have any thoughts?
In particular, during a normal boot on the 2004.3 minimal LiveCD, although linux detects the NIC, and I configure it correctly, it can make no connection anywhere. I saw someone else who said that passing "acpi=on" as a boot parameter worked for him, but this does nothing for me (as "acpi=ht" is passed as a boot parameter from grub). Passing "noapic" resolves the problem with the NIC but then makes the SATA drive disappear (i.e., not be detected).
Anyone have any thoughts?
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March 14th, 2005 17:00
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=sw_linux&message.id=5859
Installing other distro's such as Gentoo on a Dell 4700 may be similar. Essence: SATA is not supported in standard linux distributions, until recently. Install via "autoraid/ata" and update kernel to 2.6.11. For a LiveCD you can try Kanotix 2005-1.
Message Edited by rolflist on 03-14-2005 01:24 PM