Karl Misselt wrote:
> Hi - I installed SL4.4 i386 on a new box here.  The hardware is fairly 
> new and
> required some tweaking to get up and running, so I figured I post the 
> info in case
> someone runs into similar problems.  The system has an Intel DP965LT 
> MB with
> on-board Gigabit ethernet and sound (Sigmatel 6-channel AC97 audio).  
> SL (and by extension
> RHEL) does not recognize the on-board Marvell IDE controller, so you 
> need to start the
> install 'all_generic_ide=1'  to install off the cd/dvd (and add it to 
> the kernel line
> in grub.conf if you subsequently want to use the cd! :).  The on-board 
> network also
> does not work with the stock e1000 driver, so you need to use a newer 
> version. I used e1000-7.1.9 and it works fine - I assume later 
> releases will also work and that
> it should eventually make it up-stream.  The sound also does not work; 
> I used a
> patched alsa rpm from the vendor (ASLAB.com) and the onboard sound now 
> also works. lspci:
> IDE interface: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.: Unknown device 6101 (rev 
> b1)
> Audio device: Intel Corp. 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller 
> (rev 02)
> Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82566DC Gigabit Network Connection 
> (rev 02)
> -K
>
It will be nice to store this information on the Wiki, to allow people 
to find it easily
Here it is lost.

Thanks
François Colonna