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Archive for May, 2005

More 64-bit goodness

Sunday, May 22nd, 2005

I can now confirm the Linux support for the Asus K8N-E Deluxe nForce 3 250Gb based motherboard is very good (as of 2.6.11 at least!!). I now have SATA working (needed to enable the nVidia SATA support under the SCSI section) and the onboard nForce Audio is also working fine without the official drivers. I [...]

Going 64-bit

Friday, May 20th, 2005

Last Monday I purchased a new PC. The specs are pretty spiffy: its a AMD Athlon 64 3000 (2Ghz) system running on an Asus K8N-E Deluxe motherboard (nForce 3 250Gb based motherboard with SATA and onboard LAN & sound). I decided to try Gentoo Linux with has been with mixed success. Here are some notes: [...]