[olug] Ubuntu Installation

[Sam Flint]

try fedora, i haven't had driver problems yet, though with debian derivs i
have...

Sam
Happy Hacking!


On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Walt Del Vecchio <walt.delvecchio at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Hello, all.
> I'm a recent transplant to Nebraska from southern California (please don't
> hold this against me).
> My 5-yr old Linux box finally burned out after my move a couple of months
> ago.
> I rebuilt a new system using an AMD FX-8350 CPU on a Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3
> mobo.
> UEFI configuration is no problem since it allows a legacy mode.
> The hardware came with Windows drivers for Ethernet, USB, RAID1, etc.
> configurations, and these work fine when I loaded a spare copy of Windows7.
> My problem occurs getting peripherals working with Linux.
> I downloaded Ubuntu 12.10 and burned it to a DVD.
> After installing it on the new system, only the PS2 keyboard and monitors
> worked after getting a Ubuntu login screen.
> I had dead Ethernet and USB connections.
> RAID1 was no longer configured.
> I attempted to obtain Linux drivers from Gigabyte, but they only supported
> Windows.
> I downloaded Linux Ethernet drivers from Realtek, used on the Gigabyte
> board, but still am not sure whether to plow forward or not.
>
> Does anyone have experience or know where I can get help to finish this
> installation?
> Thank you for your help.
> Walt Del Vecchio
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