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Crayon wrote: |
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> As someone already pointed out, boot using any other livecd that |
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> recognises the controller, then follow the usual gentoo install |
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> instructions, remembering to config kernel for your sata controller. |
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> I had to do this to an Asus motherboard a little while back - yes it was |
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> frustrating at the time because initially I had no idea why my controller |
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> wasn't recognised. |
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But if your system has only one CD and not enough memory to load in |
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cache, you're in a pickle. |
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They need to strike a balance somewhere. Problem is, they come out with |
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new hardware so fast nowadays. It's hard for anybody to keep up to date |
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completely. I suspect Gentoo does better than most as far as a distro |
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is concerned, not counting CD based things like Knoppix or something. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) :-) |
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www.myspace.com/-remove-me-dalek1967 |
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Copy n paste then remove the -remove-me- part. |
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