[ale] The latest from Gigabyte Tech Support

[Calvin Harrigan]

On 1/24/2011 7:53 PM, Scott Castaline wrote:
> On 01/24/2011 06:09 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Scott Castaline<skotchman at gmail.com
>> <mailto:skotchman at gmail.com>>  wrote:
>>
>>      If all drives are able to be detected when cdrom drive or the
>>      model # of
>>      the drive is configured to the first boot device it should not be an
>>      issue booting Unless there maybe issue with the controller on the
>>      board.
>>
>>
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> That is a cause for CUSTOMER SUPPORT (but you already know that).
>>
>>      As for Linux support we are unable to offer any since it's Open
>>      Source.
>>
>>      Maybe someone is getting graft money for not supporting OSS and only a
>>      certain CLOSED SOURCED OS!!!!
>>
>>      Ok went a little overboard, but for one who does not have $$$ to flush
>>      down the toilet like some companies for hardware that doesn't work
>>      right.
>>
>> Get a live CD of any type and try. Get several and try.
> Done that with various spins of Fedora 13, 14 and 12. No boot. My plans
> are to burn Ubuntu as well as a few Linux based rescue CDs and try those.
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Give Knoppix a try as well.  As you might have concluded it might be a 
fedora thing.