[gentoo-user] Gentoo Install - Concern w/ NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra

[gentoo-user] Gentoo Install - Concern w/ NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra

[Doug Brown]

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   After a lot of research  I have decided to go with Gentoo, and I think I have all the install  issues ironed out. My main concern is with compatiblity issues and my  mobo. I have read a ton of horror stories, and I want to make sure I am  prepared for any issues that could arise when I install the OS. I am  also concerned mith the onboard raid controller and onboard lan.  I plan on setting up  RAID 0+1. My mobo is a DFI Lan Party NF4 Ultra-D.  Any help would be  much appreciated.
  
  Thanks
                                          

			
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Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install - Concern w/ NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra

[Richard Fish]

On 12/15/05, Doug Brown <deniro0311@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> After a lot of research I have decided to go with Gentoo, and I think I have
> all the install issues ironed out. My main concern is with compatiblity
> issues and my mobo. I have read a ton of horror stories, and I want to make
> sure I am prepared for any issues that could arise when I install the OS. I
> am also concerned mith the onboard raid controller and onboard lan.  I plan
> on setting up RAID 0+1. My mobo is a DFI Lan Party NF4 Ultra-D.  Any help
> would be much appreciated.

If you are thinking SATA RAID, think twice.  Nvidia doesn't provide
the necessary hardware specs to make this work.  According to the
kernel maintainer for SATA support, nvidia is the _only_ major
manufacturer that refuses to release the specs.

http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html
http://www.kerneltraffic.org/kernel-traffic/kt20050904_324.html#3

NVidia does provide a proprietary driver on their web site that should
enable full support in linux, but I haven't tried it yet.

However, there is no problem using the software RAID in Linux for this.

-Richard

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Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install - Concern w/ NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra

[Steven Susbauer]

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I just installed the amd64 Gentoo build on nforce 4. No issues whatsoever
(except when I was using a 2004.3 cd... once I got the right one it was all
working).

As Richard said, using a hardware raid is not going to be easy, however an
lvm or software raid shouldn't cause you any problems.

On 12/15/05, Richard Fish <bigfish@asmallpond.org> wrote:
>
> On 12/15/05, Doug Brown <deniro0311@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > After a lot of research I have decided to go with Gentoo, and I think I
> have
> > all the install issues ironed out. My main concern is with compatiblity
> > issues and my mobo. I have read a ton of horror stories, and I want to
> make
> > sure I am prepared for any issues that could arise when I install the
> OS. I
> > am also concerned mith the onboard raid controller and onboard lan.  I
> plan
> > on setting up RAID 0+1. My mobo is a DFI Lan Party NF4 Ultra-D.  Any
> help
> > would be much appreciated.
>
> If you are thinking SATA RAID, think twice.  Nvidia doesn't provide
> the necessary hardware specs to make this work.  According to the
> kernel maintainer for SATA support, nvidia is the _only_ major
> manufacturer that refuses to release the specs.
>
> http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html
> http://www.kerneltraffic.org/kernel-traffic/kt20050904_324.html#3
>
> NVidia does provide a proprietary driver on their web site that should
> enable full support in linux, but I haven't tried it yet.
>
> However, there is no problem using the software RAID in Linux for this.
>
> -Richard
>
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>
>


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