problems in linux install and hardware configuration 2317

This is vague. Initial release? Update 1? Update 2? Update 3?

Specifications: ftp:--download.intel.com-design-motherbd-nt-D14068 plus 101US.pdf

Unit has: Intel 82945G north bridge Video is either integrated Intel GMA950 chip or any add-in PCI-Express x 16 video card. Intel 82801G "ICH7" south bridge. SATA is 82801GR (ICH7-R) with optional fakeraid support. Intel 82801G audio w-Sigmatel 9223 audio codec Intel 82573E-82573V-82574V gigabit ethernet port Intel 82562GX-82562GZ 10-100 Mbps ethernet port Some unidentified IEEE-1394a (Firewire") chip, probably TI.

OK, first of all, you should go out and get RHEL4 Update 3 ("RHEL4 U3"), since you're trying to install RHEL4 on cutting-edge hardware. If you don't want to pay for that, download CentOS 4.3, which is a publicly redistributable recompile of RHEL4 U3.

Second, go into your motherboard BIOS Setup, and see if you can find a setting to switch the ICH7-R chip from standard into "Legacy" or "Compatibility" mode. What does that do? Well, ICH7 or ICH6 chips default to what's called "ahci" addressing mode (the standard setting), which is better in theory than the backwards-compatibility setting in which the chip emulates an ICH5. However, the latter enables use of the Linux kernel's older, better established "atapiix" driver, rather than the very new "ahci" one.

RHEL4 U3 or CentOS 4.3 should be able to see your SATA chipset (and thus the attached hard drive), unlike whatever ancient RHEL4 release you're attempting to use, especially if you make that BIOS Setup change. (If you can't find that setting, try RHEL4 U3 CentOS 4.3 anyway; the "ahci" driver might work.

That's also your problem with the ethernet ports: You don't have recent enough e100 and e1000 ports. By the way, did you try both of your eternet ports?

And that's also probably your problem with sound.

This is a consequence of your SATA driver problem, and is not a separate issue.

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