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[KiAnKo]

Hi

Have anyone managed to install LINUX? I have tried Ubuntu (32 & 64bit), Knoppix, DSL, SystRescCD and more. All of them have stopped right after the start menu choices... I get a message like:

BusyBox v1.1.3 (Debian 1:1.1.3-5ubuntu4) Built-in shell (ash)
Enter "help" for a list of built-in dommands.

/bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turnd off
(initramfs) 38.108000 hda: drive not ready for command

38.108000 hda: drive not ready for command
38.108000 hda: drive not ready for command
38.108000 hda: drive not ready for command

Could it be SATA? RAID? Linux Kernal???

I have read about but haven't tried yet: http://www.instalinux.com/

I read http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/117679/ about a guy who has installed UBUNTU 7.10, but can't get WLAN, DVD or WEBCAM to work. Have you???

[KiAnKo]

From what I have heard... the problem during installation is due to the LINUX KERNAL, since FEDORA 8 and SLACKWARE works.

Maybe I only have to wait... By using http://www.instalinux.com others have been able to install LINUX on FSC AMILO Xa 2528 (AMD processor)... (Problems reported have been DVD, WEBCAM, WLAN and SOUND).

I have seen that FSC AMILO Xi 2528 (INTEL processor) works with UBUNTU and LINUX without problems...

So, is the a big differens between FSC AMILO Xa 2528 and FSC AMILO Xi 2528???

[aspettl]

Afaik there is a problem with the controller for the DVD drive, Kernel 2.6.24 has solved this, I think...

So, is the a big differens between FSC AMILO Xa 2528 and FSC AMILO Xi 2528???

Yes. It has a different mainboard (other chipset, SATA controller, ...)

Regards
Aaron

PS: Fedore and Slackware is also Linux.
More precisely: Ubuntu, Knoppix, Debian, SUSE, Red Hat, Fedora, Slackware etc. all use the Linux kernel. The system itself is mainly GNU software. The difference is "only" which versions they use, which modifications they made and of course the choice which software to integrate (if there are several alternatives).

[KiAnKo]

So, is the a big differens between FSC AMILO Xa 2528 and FSC AMILO Xi 2528???

Yes. It has a different mainboard (other chipset, SATA controller, ...)

PS: Fedore and Slackware is also Linux.
More precisely: Ubuntu, Knoppix, Debian, SUSE, Red Hat, Fedora, Slackware etc. all use the Linux kernel. The system itself is mainly GNU software. The difference is "only" which versions they use, which modifications they made and of course the choice which software to integrate (if there are several alternatives).

I used to have RED HAT 5 and 6... that's before it was FEDORA!!! What I meant was (between the lines) that GNU/LINUX works with some versions of KERNEL (newer ones, like the one that SLACKWARE and FEDORA uses), but UBUNTU and others uses an older version that is not recognized, in combinantion with XA-hardware.

The XA (AMD) versions seems not to work (for most LINUX distros), but the other XI (INTEL) does. Strange that so much differs...

Hopefully, this was much clearer now...