need help getting hardware info

[wurmy]

i have a system i am running windows 98 on, and i just installed a second 5gb hard drive that i would like to install redhat linux 6.2 on. i am in the process of gathering information on my system and i am stumped on this:
how do i find out my video chipset and ramdac in windows?

wurm

[twofoolish2b]

Did you look in the Device Manager?

[wurmy]

ok i found the chipset on the website...but unfortunately i am not sure what the RAMDAC is. sorry if this is a stupid question but i'm learning, i have to start somewhere. what is this and where can i find the info? i didn't see anything related to it in device manager.

wurm

[bdl]

Originally posted by wurmy:
ok i found the chipset on the website...but unfortunately i am not sure what the RAMDAC is. sorry if this is a stupid question but i'm learning, i have to start somewhere. what is this and where can i find the info? i didn't see anything related to it in device manager.

wurm


You dont necessarily have to know the cards RAMDAC or anything else about it; some distros now (Mandrake, Redhat) automagically probe and configure your vid card at install time (this of course depends on if it's a supported card, and most popular cards on the market are supported). What kind of machine / card is it?

[wurmy]

well it's a year old Diamond Monster Fusion. it's one of diamond's legacy graphics cards. i'm not sure of the difference between their legacy or regular graphics cards, but i know it wasn't support by windows ME. doesn't necessarily mean linux won't like it but....do you know offhand if this particular card is supported?

wurm