Hi, This is in regards to installing SL4.3 i386 in a "core duo" At the moment it hangs after the line: PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00) I have tried linux all-generic-ide and the live CD does not boot up either. The funny thing is that SL3 installs with very little trouble Sorry I'm light on the machine details, I can provide them tomorrow. The machine does have a SATA disk. Any ideas are welcomed. Cheers, Aldo Connie Sieh wrote: > On Thu, 9 Nov 2006, Raymond Frey wrote: > >> Hi, Two questions which I couldn't find on the archives... >> 1) I am told SL4 does not work on my new core duo platform because there >> is not a working jmicron driver for the CD/DVD writer. Is there any >> experience with this? > > It is not a issue with the "core duo" , it is a issue with the ide chipset > that the motherboard vendor added for ide. > > For example there is a Intel motherboard the uses a different chipset than > the jmicron and it works fine. > >> 2) Assuming the above is a solved problem, how does one obtain the >> installation CDs for SL4 ? >> Thanks! >> >> > > The only thing that I know to try is to use > > all-generic-ide > > at the install boot prompt. And then again in the /etc/grub.conf . > > This is what is needed for the Intel motherboard. > > -Connie Sieh > -- Aldo F. Saavedra Phone: (+44) 141 339 8855 ext 0893 Fax: (+44) 141 330 5881 Email: [log in to unmask] Mail: School of Physics and Astronomy, Glasgow University, Glasgow G12 8QQ UK