[SATLUG] Greetings

[steve kolars]

Nathan Turnage wrote:
> Hello all. I just noticed on your website that you guys are going to
> be at the Computer Blast this weekend helping people install linux.
> Well, I just happen to have a stubborn Dell Poweredge 1400sc that I am
> having some difficulty getting linux loaded on. Well, it isn't linux
> that is the problem, it is the embedded Adaptec AIC-7899 that is
> giving me fits. I am trying to get either Suse 9.3 Professional or
> Ubuntu 5.04 Hoary on it to do some work. Honestly, I would prefer
> Ubuntu (because of Gnome)
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?What does Gnome have to do with which distro you use?
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> , but as long as I can get the wretched aic7xxx driver loaded
> properly, I don't don't care which works.
>
> I have tried a couple of different boot argument combinations and I
> can get the closest to booting using Ubuntu is with "acpi=off noapic
> nolapic aic7xxx=no_reset,no_probe" but it hangs just after the SCSI
> system loads.
>
> Can anyone help me at the Computer Blast? I would really appreciate
> some insight on this.
>
>
> Nathan Turnage
> Production Artist / Web Designer
> Anderson Marketing Group
> 210.223.6233 main
> 210.230.6771 direct
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