* UPDATE 9/18/2006 6PM: I am downloading a Kernel update in Dapper right now, hopefully it contains the JMicron patch.
Here is a new update on the continuing struggle to get Linux running on an Intel P965 motherboard with the JMicron PATA controller.
There have been two more patches commited to fix the problem. The main patch has been added to Edgy Eft which should allow the user to access their PATA drives connected to the JMicron chip. A similar patch has also been applied to the Dapper Kernel so it should now be possible to create a custom Ubuntu install cd with the new updated Dapper cd and install from there.
Hopefully this also means that Ubuntu will have support out of the box with the next release.
Looks like a patch has been commited to the Ubuntu development branch. This is good news because it atleast means that we should be able to install Ubuntu Linux 6.10 when it is released on a P965 based motherboard with the JMicron chip.
Also if this Kernel gets backported to the Dapper branch then we maybe able to create a custom install cd with the new kernel, and any other custom packages you may want. Then get dapper running on the new system.
If you are one of the few people who went to all the trouble of using one of the work arounds to get Ubuntu Dapper running on your P965 motherboard, then you should be able to use a backported kernel to support it.
* UPDATE 9/18/06: Patches for Edgy and Dapper released
* UPDATE 9/11/06: There is now a patch for Ubuntu Edgy Eft
Ever since the Core 2 Duo was announced I have been planning on building a new system around it and then using Linux as my main system on it. That however is proving to be a bit harder to do that I would have liked.
I was starting to think that Linux was over the hump when it came to basic hardware compatibility. Even it the main distros did not support all your obscure hardware like USB webcams, or TV tuner cards, you could pretty much install Linux on any system you got. However with the new Core 2 Duo systems that has changed.
