what can i do if gigabyte mother does nt support linux?

**gabak** · December 4th, 2012

this is the mobo i got , when i run ubuntu 12.10 it does nt recognize the hdd. Then i went to read the OS support at their site and that is the ugly answer i found

GA-MA770T-UD3 (rev. 1.0)

http://ar.gigabyte.com/support-downl...=1681&pid=3243

any suggestion? besides changing the mother?

**ahallubuntu** · December 5th, 2012

Most motherboard manufacturers don't advertise explicit Linux support. If you can boot up the live CD ("Try it") then it must have SOME support for the motherboard. This is an old motherboard so is probably supported by now.

Try to figure out why your hard drive isn't recognized. If you boot the live CD, open the Terminal program and type

Code:

ls /dev/disk/by-label/

What are the results?

**Yellow Pasque** · December 5th, 2012

I have a Biostar motherboard with the same AMD 770 chipset and it works well. If the motherboard cannot physically see the disk, then it has nothing to do with the operating system.
What make/model of hard disk is it? What size is the disk?

**gabak** · December 5th, 2012

this pc was working great with windows 7.
bios see hdd.
it is a hdd wd 500 blue

Originally Posted by Temüjin

I have a Biostar motherboard with the same AMD 770 chipset and it works well. If the motherboard cannot physically see the disk, then it has nothing to do with the operating system.
What make/model of hard disk is it? What size is the disk?

**gabak** · December 5th, 2012

it says:

ubuntu\x2012.10\x20amd64

now what else can i do?

Originally Posted by ahallubuntu

Most motherboard manufacturers don't advertise explicit Linux support. If you can boot up the live CD ("Try it") then it must have SOME support for the motherboard. This is an old motherboard so is probably supported by now.

Try to figure out why your hard drive isn't recognized. If you boot the live CD, open the Terminal program and type

Code: