LiveCD for intel 965 boards - Gigabyte DS3/4

[Berserker]

Can anyone recommend a Linux Live CD which includes drivers for the hardware present on these motherboards, and specifically the JMicron SATA/PATA controller?

Thanks.

 

[BillytheImpaler]

I installed Ubuntu off of the CD to discover that the NIC didn't work. I installed a custom kernel for the DS3 to fix it. I know you don't use Ubuntu but this might be helpful for you. I'm hoping Feisty Fawn, the next release, will contain a kernel with the requisite drivers.

I imagine that it wouldn't be too tough to extract the kernel from that .deb and place it on your own custom live CD.

 

[Berserker]

I'm not sure how to do that, and unfortunately it does have to be a Live CD as I'll be using it to transplant my existing Linux install.

 

[Una]

You should just be able to extract it using,

dpkg-deb --extract whatever...

Then build your own custom livecd using that kernel.

If you can install off a normal livecd I would just do that. Then build your own kernel once booted inside your install with the required drivers in.

 

[Berserker]

If you can install off a normal livecd I would just do that. Then build your own kernel once booted inside your install with the required drivers in.

This is the bit I don't know how to do. Bear in mind I'll booting diskless to start with (though I do have another 'nix system with disks to set things up).

 

[Berserker]

Bleurgh. This may well work on the DS4, but Ubuntu 6.10 refuses to boot on my current system (it's due to high memory support being broken on the current motherboard, as I've had the same problem in Gentoo).

Any ideas?