Mark Hull-Richter wrote: > I installed the memory and the CPU and the motherboard and the new video > card all together tonight. CentOS installed very nicely and I'm currently > running the CentOS-Plus version, with which I _can_ access my Windows > partitions. Well, one of the disks is getting flaky and I'm having trouble > with it - of course, that's the one I need the most. > > Glitches, with which I would be delighted to obtain feedback and/or advice: > > 1) In the boot screen, it tells me "CPU0 Memory information: single > channel, > 64-bits." I have 2Gb of DDR2 PC6400 (800MHz) memory - is this a > problem, or > does it mean something else entirely? Is it supposed to be dual channel - typically in my limited experience you have four RAM slots in two pairs. If you have two equal-sized sticks of RAM, they should be in same-coloured sockets. otherise, it probably doesn't mean anything. > (ECS NFORCE4M-A m/b, Phoenix BIOS 6.00PG) > > 2) While the system is booting up, it tells me: > MP-BUG: 8254 timer is not connected to APIC > What does this mean and is there a way around it? Dunno. Unless you get better advice, look for a BIOS upgrade. It doesn't look good. > > 3) CentOS does not appear to have the drivers for my video card or monitor. > I have an e-GEForce 7100gs card and an Envision en910e monitor (yeah, that > old 19" CRT that has been working fine for 3+ years). How can I get more > than 800x600 (need 1280x1024 to work properly? And please don't say buy a > new monitor - no money for that for a while.... It's not the screen, I'm sure of that:-) You could try various vga/vesa framebuffer drivers, they might work. You could also try booting with VGA=794 (VGA791 if that doesn't work). It might not help X (but it might), but if it works, you will have very nice virtual consoles: I get 160x64 on my laptop. > > 4) Here's the bad part (sort of) - I can't boot my Windows any more. It > comes part way up and reboots, whether I try to run Safe Mode > (hahahahahaha) > or Crashing (I mean Normal) Mode. The video card is different, and I > thought that might be the problem, but it should come up in safe mode no > matter what - no video driver loaded. (I also went from a P4 to an Athlon > 64 X2 - could that be part/all of it?). Backup the data (Knoppix helps here, or simply find the NTFS tools), and reinstall Windows. DO NOT reformat the partition, and do have a rescue disk for Linux handy:-) Hopefully, Windows will sort itself out. > > Some of this might be O/T, so please point me at the right place if so > (except that last one - there is no right place for that stuff....)-; > Windows is definitely off-topic, and I've given too much advice already. -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Please do not reply off-list