<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Well, despite what you say about ASUS, I recently bought an M3N78-VM (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.ebuyer.com/product/152752">http://www.ebuyer.com/product/152752</a> - although the net card specs are wrong) because it was cheap and it supported 8gb. The only problem was the lack for forcedeth drivers in standard CentOS, which I download from somewhere else. I can't speak for graphics or sound because the machine uses neither.</span><br><br>It's running Xen kernel from the Gitco repositories and it's rock solid (touch wood).<br><br><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">From:</span></b> fred smith <fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> centos@centos.org<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, 4 July, 2009 15:39:26<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [CentOS] modern motherboard for centos-5<br></font><br>I'm considering upgrading, and am trying to choose a modern motherboard<br>that nevertheless fully works with Centos5/RHEL5.<br><br>Though I'm partial to AMD processors, and would like to use one in my<br>new configuration, that's not a requirement, if the most appropriate<br>board happens to be intel-compatible. <br><br>However, given the way ASUS is dumping LInux and crawling more firmly<br>into bed with the Beast, I'd prefer to avoid ASUS boards.<br><br>I see that NewEgg has some combo deals at reasonable prices, but I<br>can't tell which chipsets/boards are known to work with centos5 and<br>which
aren't.<br><br>Just at random, here's one of their offerings, a Biostar board:<br><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138143" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138143</a><br>I've always understood Biostar boards to be cheap, not only in price,<br>but perhaps they're serviceable? <br><br>I'm open to other suggestions, too.<br><br>Thanks in advance!<br><br>-- <br>---- Fred Smith -- <a ymailto="mailto:fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us" href="mailto:fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us">fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us</a> -----------------------------<br> The Lord detests the way of the wicked <br> but he loves those who pursue righteousness.<br>----------------------------- Proverbs 15:9 (niv) -----------------------------<br></div></div></div><br>
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