David - 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. Thank you! Todd David Fletcher wrote: > 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 >> > > -- Ariste Software 2200 D Street Ext Petaluma, CA 94952 (707) 773-4523 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20051215/fa70137b/attachment-0004.html>