SIS968 chipset and huge problems with kernel configuration

[Mroofka]

Hi

I've just got new notebook from my work and I'd be happy if I could run gentoo on it.

sis968 vga M671 cpu T5500

First problem is that I don't know how to install win$ and linux. I have sata hdd and pata cdrom and when I set in BIOS IDE mode for drives than windows recognizes hdd but linux doesn't, when I set AHCI mode situation is contrary linux works with hdd but windows doesn't.

second and and more important question is what should I set in kernel to get it working. I've never had similar problems with kernel.
Lilo loads kernel and after few seconds it hangs. There is no common place where the booting process stops so I think that there is no any concrete problem in configuration. Gentoo livecd works nice

If anyone have any ideas pleas help.

And last question is should I keep this notebook or should I give it backe as soon as possible to avoid other problems with this hardware ??

Pozdrawiam
Mroofka
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[NeddySeagoon]

Mroofka,

Please post your lspci output. You should set the BIOS so that Windows works (to start with) then make a linux kernel to suit.
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