Preview on Abit VH6

[Bill Davidsen]

Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote:
> It took a while, but I finally was able to install the 386 Preview on
> a PIII with768 mb.  The first attempt failed with errors on the
> CD drive.  For some reason Ubuntu 9.04 was able to install.
> 
> I then replaced the CD drive and was able to get the Preview to
> install, without errors, albeit rather slowly.  Once installed, Preview
> worked normally once the Ethernet was plugged in.  It was a
> disappointment that the network manager did not identify an
> unplugged ethernet cable.
> 
> On a whim I tried a suspend, first time I've ever tried it with Linux.
> On powerup it loaded some stuff then locked up without any
> messages.
> 
Update to the latest rawhide packages, that solved my powerdown and reboot 
issues, and I suspect that it will help suspend as well. I will be testing in 
the next few days, the machine I first tried doesn't suspend on the best of 
days, with any O/S. :-(

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