nforce and linux?

[syadnom]

i just received my MSI k7n420 Pro nForce Motherboard, it has lan and sound and geforce2mx onboard with shared memory.

i threw a copy of win98se on because is use it for wine, it installed fine. then try to install linux, the kernel fails saying that their is not enough memory. The system has 256mb so thats not it, is their a problem with nvidias memory controller with the linux kernel? i tried mandrake 8.1 and redhat 7.2, both fail at the kernel load. and advice?

i bought this mobo specifically to put in my car for an A/V setup, the 6ch sound and gf2mx and LAN makes it ideal to use without PCI cards, but my plan has been to use linux, with XMMS, i can do this with windows but that would suck.

 

[jfunk]

NVIDIA nforce linux page

Never set it up myself, so I can't help you much. I assume it works since they have drivers though. There is info on that page about supported kernels.


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[syadnom]

thanks for the great info.

that will help a lot BUT, how do i get linux to install?
always crashes when trying to load installer.

im upgrading to gentoo on this machine anyway and im told that gentoo has the nvidia drivers with the install package.

 

[NorthenLove]

<< thanks for the great info.

that will help a lot BUT, how do i get linux to install?
always crashes when trying to load installer.

im upgrading to gentoo on this machine anyway and im told that gentoo has the nvidia drivers with the install package. >>



Which distro are you using ?

 

[syadnom]

currently trying to run Mandrake 8.1 / Redhat 7.2

 

[AkumaBao]

Welcome to the world of Linux. I wouldn't get rid of RatHat. That's a pretty good distro. Don't have much to say about Mandrake though. The drivers are a piece of cake. You're not going to find anything that has the nForce drivers that actually work good. Just get your RH up an running, and install the drivers. NOTE: If you upgrade your kernel, which I'm sure you will, you wont be able to use the RPM's that Nvidia has on thier site. No worries though. The tarballs are just as easy, and the text Nvidia provides will work you through it step by step.