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Thanks for the replies guys. From the last reply I think I am going to have to buy Windows XP Media Centre.
The reason I bought the E700 was because of the dual channel recording capabilities..
If i can't use the E700, there is no point in me installing the Linux MCE software.
Thanks for the replies and your time to type that process out megacrypto.
I have record it all in a document for future reference. Hopefully the E700 will become compatible with linux soon.

Masda74

Ohh boy,, thanks for the reply guys. As soon as I have a chance I shall try those out. I have been studying for my microsoft exam on Tuesday. Have not been on the net since the last reply....
Hopefully on Friday I will have a chance to test it out, as it is a public holiday in Australia. I will let you know once I have tried those options.. Thanks for that.
I have never used Linux before so I am looking forward to learn. I need something like this under my belt.

Just out of curiosity have any of you that own this m/b or simular used a Videomate E700 tuner card with the linux setup??

Zaerc


Sorry for not replying. Being shaped for the last week and being shaped for another week and a half can be bad....

Yes when burning the ISO Nero advised that it was burnt successfully. I do not know of a way to verify that the image was burnt correctly. How would i do that?
I only burnt one DVD, I did not download the 2 cd set.

Masda74

Zaerc

I have installed winmd5sum and have verified the checksum. It is correct. I have replaced the ide cable just in case and I got the same thing. Any idea??? or am i out on a limb here because i went out and bought a MB that is not supported?
I just thought that being a cheap motherboard with built in HDMI, that it would become a popular board. I may be wrong.

Masda74

PS Zaerc thanks for the reply...

Hey guys

I hope you guys are more forgiving to me than others. I am new to this all and I think I may of made a big boo boo.
I did not look at what motherboards are supported and I have bought a Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H. The reason i have bought this motherboard is because it is a lot cheaper than other boards, but the fact that it has HDMI built in.
I have bought an AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual core processor 5000+ and stuck that in it.
I have a VideoMate E700 Dual DVB-T PCI-E Tuner card.
There is 1gb of memory of ddr2 667 dual channel memory. of which 128mb is shared with the onboard.
I have a raptor 40gb sata hdd in there.

I have tried to use the dvd media to install LinuxMCE, but i am unable to run the install. It does not get started.
I even burnt the DVD for a second time as it may of been faulty.

I have the following displayed on my screen:
BusyBox V1.1.3(Debian 1:1.1.3Ubuntu3) Built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'Help' for a list of built in commands

/Bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off (initramfs)

I can't do anything else. I have rebooted various times and still have the same error. I have plugged in a mouse just incase it was required.
I have read other posts and have not found a solution.
http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=2341.0
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=292533&page=1

I don't think it is a dvd drive cable issue. The cable is brand new. No kinks at all.
I am not to sure what else to do. Any suggestions?