Niels,

I have installed on nvidia motherboards with nvidia ethernet.  Sometimes 
you have to boot with the options

  linux acpi=off

What is the exact model of the nvidia ethernet?  Which motherboard model?

-Connie Sieh



On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Niels R. Walet wrote:

> There seems to be a problem with the boot image for SL4.4: I can't 
> install with the standard boot disk and an nvidia nforce (on MB).
> The live 4.4 CD works fine, but the 4.4 boot images don't seem to 
> recognise the card. I guess (glancing at the scripts on the CD) that 
> that information gets trimmed by the installer somewhere?
> The pop-up list brought up by anaconda (asking me to choose a driver) 
> indeed doesn't include this.
> I am trying to find out an easy way around this, please.
> Niels
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