Not being familiar with chip sets and other factors that "hardware experts" understand, I am perplexed with the multitude of available motherboards. Is there a Web site that can be of help or a "strategy"? My goal is to replace my motherboard with one that is Centos compatible and uses a Pentium 4 in the 2 MHz range. As example, when I go to Mwave, I am presented with this list, but I really do not know what I should be looking for in the specs. http://www.mwave.com/mwave/ViewProducts.hmx?PID=MOTHERBOARDBUNDLES-ASUS&updepts=BUNDLE2&DNAME=Motherboard+Bundles%2D+By+MB Any suggestions will be appreciated.... Todd -- Ariste Software 2200 D Street Ext Petaluma, CA 94952 (707) 773-4523
I'd suggest going for an Athlon 64... lol But maybe let's not start up this discussion... On Thu, 15 Dec 2005, Todd Cary wrote:> Not being familiar with chip sets and other factors that "hardware experts" > understand, I am perplexed with the multitude of available motherboards. Is > there a Web site that can be of help or a "strategy"? > > My goal is to replace my motherboard with one that is Centos compatible and > uses a Pentium 4 in the 2 MHz range. As example, when I go to Mwave, I am > presented with this list, but I really do not know what I should be looking > for in the specs. > > http://www.mwave.com/mwave/ViewProducts.hmx?PID=MOTHERBOARDBUNDLES-ASUS&updepts=BUNDLE2&DNAME=Motherboard+Bundles%2D+By+MB > > Any suggestions will be appreciated.... > > Todd > >
I've only put CentOS onto a fanless mini ATX board with an Eden chip on it, which works fine. But I have installed Fedora onto three home built units with genuine Intel motherboards, model D865PERL, with Seagate SATA drives, which have given me no trouble at all. You won't be able to buy this motherboard any more I don't think although there might still be some ten packs available. My suggestion would be to look for something similar to this board but with the newer processor socket. If you go to intel.com and enter the model number you will get the full spec. there with BIOS updates and everything else you need to know. Hope I've helped. Dave Fletcher On Thursday 15 Dec 2005 14:43, Todd Cary wrote:> Not being familiar with chip sets and other factors that "hardware > experts" understand, I am perplexed with the multitude of available > motherboards. Is there a Web site that can be of help or a "strategy"? > > My goal is to replace my motherboard with one that is Centos compatible > and uses a Pentium 4 in the 2 MHz range. As example, when I go to > Mwave, I am presented with this list, but I really do not know what I > should be looking for in the specs. > > http://www.mwave.com/mwave/ViewProducts.hmx?PID=MOTHERBOARDBUNDLES-ASUS&upd >epts=BUNDLE2&DNAME=Motherboard+Bundles%2D+By+MB > > Any suggestions will be appreciated.... > > Todd-- Registered Linux user number 393408 I use and recommend the email service at 1 & 1 For domain registration, email and web hosting please visit: http://oneandone.co.uk/xml/init?k_id=6389763
On 15/12/05, Todd Cary <todd at aristesoftware.com> wrote:> Not being familiar with chip sets and other factors that "hardware > experts" understand, I am perplexed with the multitude of available > motherboards. Is there a Web site that can be of help or a "strategy"? > > My goal is to replace my motherboard with one that is Centos compatible > and uses a Pentium 4 in the 2 MHz range. As example, when I go to > Mwave, I am presented with this list, but I really do not know what I > should be looking for in the specs.You have a couple of choices. Educate yourself a little on the state of current hardware by reading up for a few days on, for example: http://www.anandtech.com/ http://www.tomshardware.com/ http://arstechnica.com/index.ars http://www.sharkyextreme.com/ etc. etc. Bearing in mind your end use of the system. If it's going to be a desktop or workstation then focus on articles pertaining to those, if you're looking for server hardware concentrate on those. You could also have a browse of the RHEL Hardware Compatibility List: https://hardware.redhat.com/hwcert/index.cgi Or you can wait for the suggestions from list members. :) I'm not bang up-to-date with what's going on in hardware at the moment because I haven't had to purchase in quantity recently but FWIW I like Supermicro boards. You might want to try and avoid anything with Adaptec SCSI controller chipsets, I seem to recall reading they're dropping linux support. Will.
From: Todd Cary [mailto:todd at aristesoftware.com]> > OK...now I go to the Intel section, and I am presented with these: > > http://www.mwave.com/mwave/ViewProducts.hmx?PID=MOTHERBOARDBUN > DLES-INTEL&updepts=BUNDLE2&DNAME=Motherboard+Bundles%2D+By+MB > > Are there some salient factors I should be looking at?That all depends... What are you looking FOR? Why are you replacing the motherboard? Are you also replacing the CPU? Memory? Do you need IDE? SATA? RAID? Do you have a video card, sound card, and NIC or do you want them built-in? Do you want PCI-e? Do you need USB? Firewire? CentOS should be compatible with most motherboards out there. You may have to find drivers for an oddball video or sound chipset. On-board raid you are probably better off ignoring and using software raid instead. I usually look for boards from Asus or Abit. Intel boards are good as well, but usually don't have as many features and don't perform as well on the benchmarks. You may want to check out Newegg.com. They've got good prices and selection and quite a few customer reviews on the popular products. Bowie
From: Todd Cary [mailto:todd at aristesoftware.com]> > The suggestion of the D865PERL is the kind of information > that is most helpful since someone (you) are using it with > Centos. Now to find a current board that is in use with > Centos and some ATA drives.If you are looking for specific recommendations, I have used the Abit IS-10 motherboard in a few RH and CentOS servers. It is an older socket 478 board and doesn't have a lot of temperature and fan speed monitoring, but it does have built-in video, sound, and network as well as support for SATA drives. Bowie
From: Todd Cary [mailto:todd at aristesoftware.com]> > Let me apologize for not putting some specs out there right > up front; it is like saying I want a vehicle without stating > that I haul tools and sometimes a few bags of cement! > > This is for a "light weight server" that is connected to DSL > and just affords my clients the advantage of downloading > daily applications I maintain via FTP. Also, my "photo > clients" view my "digital proof sheets"...very light weight stuff.Ok, so nothing fancy. Just a basic board with video, sound, and NIC onboard.> I need to replace my current board since it has "fake RAID" > (Abit BE7-RAID) and Centos will not install. The disks are > IDE. Once it is up, I just let it run and run...nothing special.Most motherboards have "fake RAID" built-in. Have you tried going into the bios and setting those channels to standard IDE? If you bypass the raid, CentOS should be able to recognise the disks and install. If you still want raid, do it via software. Bowie