Wich distro will work with sil3112?

[trommas]

Hello!!

I am rather fresh in the world of linux, and would so much enjoy having linux up and running here at home!

Why I don't have it yet ???

Well... My motherboard contains the, much spoken of, sil3112 controller. This can probably be fixed IF I had a regular ATA drive to boot from... well I don't. I only have a sweet Seagate Barracuda SATA drive.

Question: What distro can I use ?
(that would detect my hardware)

[harlequin]

I know that I had Mandrake 9.1/XP dual boot on the 3112 SiI controller. I would imagine that most distros support it.

Edit: It was the onboard controller on an Abit NF7-S.

[trommas]

Well, both Mandrake 10.1 and Knoppix 3.7 failed to detect it...

[muralim]

Well, both Mandrake 10.1 and Knoppix 3.7 failed to detect it...

I tried three Mandrake cds and all three failed badly. The installation hang atleast for half an hour.

Meanwhile Fedora Core 3 recognises it. And the installation was smooth.

[trommas]

Thanks for the tip!

I'll test it... Or maybee I should wait for the Core 4 edition???
Just wondering.. how long will these core editions be released? Won't there be a 1.0 or something?

[trommas]

Fedora Core 3 does the trick!!!

Byebye mandrake.