CentOS - Apr 2007 - Centos for entry level server : Motherboard?

I've been burned by Sata not working on an Asus motherboard (nVidia /
nForce)
and need to select something that will work for a fairly light duty 
web/mail/sql server.  How do I go about finding out if a specific motherboard 
will work with sata software raid and Centos 4.4 (or 5.x when it's settled 
down). 

Cheers;

Alex V.

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On 4/23/07, Alex @ Avantel Systems <alex at avantel.ca>
wrote:
> I've been burned by Sata not working on an Asus motherboard (nVidia /
nForce)
> and need to select something that will work for a fairly light duty
> web/mail/sql server.  How do I go about finding out if a specific
motherboard
> will work with sata software raid and Centos 4.4 (or 5.x when it's
settled
> down).
Instead of buying a motherboard, you can add a SATA controller card.
I have a Promise SATA300 TX4 PCI card ($55) and set up software RAID1
on CentOS 4.

Akemi

Alex @ Avantel Systems wrote:
> I've been burned by Sata not working on an Asus motherboard (nVidia /
nForce)
> and need to select something that will work for a fairly light duty 
> web/mail/sql server.  How do I go about finding out if a specific
motherboard
> will work with sata software raid and Centos 4.4 (or 5.x when it's
settled
> down). 
> 
> Cheers;
> 
> Alex V.

Here is a link to a company that makes Linux systems. You can use their 
systems as a reference to build your GNU/Linux-compatible systems.


http://www.aslab.com