Easwar Hariharan wrote:
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Have you installed an image of a live cd or did you install a normal linux system? Do you have one or more HDDs? Partition 9 is on your primary master?
Answers: 1]I installed by running "installer" at the root prompt since the Live CD could not use my ATi Radeon XPress 200 integrated graphic to present me the graphical Live CD.
Live CDs are meant to tell you if your hardware is properly compatible, so if it does not load up properly in live session, avoid that version. If you want a gentoo based distro, try Sabayon http://www.sabayonlinux.org/ In my Centrino 1.7 GHz. Core Uno, 256 MB RAM, I was able to run a 3D desktop too using berryl. All out of the box. Check out Hardware Compatibility Lists HCLs for your ati radeon chip. By now, all new distros should detect your card.