Jerry Geis wrote: > Seems like overnight every motherboard that worked with linux has > DROPPED off the face of the earth. First I've heard of this. What kind are you looking at, for a workstation at home? > > Every motherboard I looked at is using the realtek 8111 chipset and a > northbridge that is not supported. The 8111 isn't new. Check <http://www.realtek.com.tw/Downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=13&PFid=5&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false> And I was under the impression northbridge is northbridge. Why, is it something other than Ivy, Sandy, or whatever? > > Example: GIGABYTE GA-970A-DS3, does not work with linux > I tried disabling the onboard NIC and using a PCI-E intel card I always > use and that would not work either. The north or south bridge is messing > with the network card. > The card asks for a PXE boot but after centos starts it can no longer > find kickstart files, network is messed up. You actually do want to do a pxeboot? Sounds to me like the issue here is that the kickstart needs to load a driver for the NIC, and isn't doing so. What does the messages screen say (f,um, 4? 6?) > > I was using Asus M5A88-M and they are no longer available. > > Anyway - anyone have a suggestion for and AMD motherboard that works with > linux be great if it has onboard video (gaming is not needed), onboard > network, SATA nothing super special just "working". I'll tell you that it works on every hardware we've bought, including fairly new Dell 720's with a Tesla add-on card - standard CentOS 6.3. mark