I'm finally ready to move to current technology. Looking for a
recommendation for a motherboard/CPU that Fedora 8 won't have a
problem with. As many slots as I can have, ditto SATA ports and USB
ports. Other than that, I'm open to suggestions. The system will be
configured for 2 Gb of ram and 4 TB of disks, no graphics requirements
beyond the minimum necessary to install Fedora.

Thoughts?

Thanks!

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> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:14:20 -0400
> From: Michael W Cocke <cocke@catherders.com>
> Subject: Looking for motherboard recommendations
>
> I'm finally ready to move to current technology. Looking for a
> recommendation for a motherboard/CPU that Fedora 8 won't have a
> problem with. As many slots as I can have, ditto SATA ports and USB
> ports. Other than that, I'm open to suggestions. The system will be
> configured for 2 Gb of ram and 4 TB of disks, no graphics requirements
> beyond the minimum necessary to install Fedora.
>
> Thoughts?
>

I'm a little biased toward ASUS models - they never failed on me in 8 years
with Linux
The one on my main machine supports up to 6 ATA drives and up to 8 SATA
drives, has 8 usb port and both fw400 and fw800 ports.
Not to mention that you can update the firmware without using Windows.
Maybe you will find interesting a feature such Splashtop: it's now on the
top-line models and it is to be included in the next-gen MBs from ASUS.

Roberto


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On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:30:23 +0200, you wrote:

>> -----Messaggio originale-----
>> Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:14:20 -0400
>> From: Michael W Cocke <cocke@catherders.com>
>> Subject: Looking for motherboard recommendations
>>
>> I'm finally ready to move to current technology. Looking for a
>> recommendation for a motherboard/CPU that Fedora 8 won't have a
>> problem with. As many slots as I can have, ditto SATA ports and USB
>> ports. Other than that, I'm open to suggestions. The system will be
>> configured for 2 Gb of ram and 4 TB of disks, no graphics requirements
>> beyond the minimum necessary to install Fedora.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>
>I'm a little biased toward ASUS models - they never failed on me in 8 years
>with Linux
>The one on my main machine supports up to 6 ATA drives and up to 8 SATA
>drives, has 8 usb port and both fw400 and fw800 ports.
>Not to mention that you can update the firmware without using Windows.
>Maybe you will find interesting a feature such Splashtop: it's now on the
>top-line models and it is to be included in the next-gen MBs from ASUS.
>
>Roberto
>
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That's really funny, but let me explain why. I've used Asus
motherboards for years also, and never had a problem either - but
dozens of people have told me that they've had all sorts of problems
with them - which is why I figured I'd switch now.. 8-)>

Which model Asus are you using?

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> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:32:37 -0400
> From: Michael W Cocke <cocke@catherders.com>
> Subject: Re: Looking for motherboard recommendations
>
> Which model Asus are you using?
>
The one I was referring to in my post is a P5GD2 Premium (2004, IIRC).
I updated its bios a couple of times already.
I also have an older P4P800-X and a newer P5VD2-VM (microatx: requires
recent kernel for the onboard NIC and latest OpenChrome drivers for the VIA
PM900 chip).

Roberto


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Roberto Malinverni wrote:

-----Messaggio originale-----
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:14:20 -0400
From: Michael W Cocke <cocke@catherders.com>
Subject: Looking for motherboard recommendations

I'm finally ready to move to current technology. Looking for a
recommendation for a motherboard/CPU that Fedora 8 won't have a
problem with. As many slots as I can have, ditto SATA ports and USB
ports. Other than that, I'm open to suggestions. The system will be
configured for 2 Gb of ram and 4 TB of disks, no graphics requirements
beyond the minimum necessary to install Fedora.

Thoughts?



I'm a little biased toward ASUS models - they never failed on me in 8 years
with Linux
The one on my main machine supports up to 6 ATA drives and up to 8 SATA
drives, has 8 usb port and both fw400 and fw800 ports.
Not to mention that you can update the firmware without using Windows.
Maybe you will find interesting a feature such Splashtop: it's now on the
top-line models and it is to be included in the next-gen MBs from ASUS.

Roberto




I am in agreement with you.

What board?

I got a ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe ATX AM2 Nforce 570 SLI 2PCI-E16 2PCI-E1 3PCI
SATA2 Sound GBLAN 1394 Motherboard with 8Gig of ram a few months ago.
Only issue I had was the BIOS not working with my ram and freezing up
when I went over 4 Gig. Installed the latest BIOS and now I only have
to reboot if there is a new kernel.



NVIDIA nForce® 570 SLI™ MCP supports:
- 1 x Ultra DMA 133 / 100 / 66 / 33
- 6 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s
- NVIDIA MediaShieldâ„¢ RAID supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 and JBOD span
cross Serial ATA drives

JMicron JMB363 SATA controller supports:
- 1 x Internal Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s
- 1 x External Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s port on back I/O (SATA On-the-Go)
- Support RAID 0, 1, and JBOD


Splashtop, though interesting is something that I wouldn't look for in a
server.


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Roberto Malinverni wrote:

-----Messaggio originale-----
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:32:37 -0400
From: Michael W Cocke <cocke@catherders.com>
Subject: Re: Looking for motherboard recommendations

Which model Asus are you using?


The one I was referring to in my post is a P5GD2 Premium (2004, IIRC).
I updated its bios a couple of times already.
I also have an older P4P800-X and a newer P5VD2-VM (microatx: requires
recent kernel for the onboard NIC and latest OpenChrome drivers for the VIA
PM900 chip).

Have P4P800 Deluxe, P4P800-E Deluxe, P5LD2-VM, P4PE, and a little ASUS
microatx system using a low power AMD CPU (Positron, something like
that). Like 'em a lot.


However, ASUS is going to be shipping their new line (coming this month)
with Linux in BIOS of every one. While you might want to install Fedora,
isn't it nice to know that (a) Linux sure-as-hell runs on the hardware,
and (b) you don't need to look for a recovery CD, you have a whole
recovery Linux?


On my P5LD2-VM (Rev 2) I'm told that the latest BIOS will recognize all
of 4GB RAM and run Q6600 CPU, but what I have is reliable and up 278
days, I'm not over sure I want to reflash the BIOS on a production
system. ;-)


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