On Sun, Feb 02, 2014 at 01:41:49PM -0500, Fred Smith wrote: > On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 12:44:02PM -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote: > > On 12/27/2013 07:11 AM, Fred Smith wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 03:40:43AM -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote: > > >> On 12/25/2013 09:51 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > > >>> Hi all! > > >>> > > >>> I'm toying with the idea of spending some Christmas money on a new MB and > > >>> CPU to upgrade my desktop. > <snip> > > >> I personally have recently built 2 different systems with with the Asus > > >> M5A99X Evo R2.0 motherboard. This one does not have a graphics card ... > > >> everything does work with CentOS-6.5 and RHEL7B1. > > >> > > >> It uses AMD CPUs and I have used several AM3+ CPUs, including Sempron > > >> 100, FX-6150, and FX-8150. > > >> > > >> https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M5A99X_EVO_R20/ Oh, one more question: sensors_detect doesn't find any sensors for lm_sensors to work with. Are you using (or do you know of) any other tools to monitor board temps (etc) ?? > > >> > > >> One of the nicest features is it will detect and set a working BIOS > > >> memory timing with a press of a button on the board ... if you try > > >> something manually that is incompatible, a simple press of the button > > >> and reboot will get you back to a working config. > > > > Johnny: > > > > > > I assume it has UEFI and "secure boot"? did you disable the secure boot > > > feature before installing? (AFAIK Centos doesn't yet support UEFI/secure > > > boot????) > > > > > > I have an existing pair of drives holding Centos in a software Raid-1 > > > configuration, and I'm assuming I can simply move them to the new > > > board, boot and be off to the races. Can you comment on that assumption? > > > > The software raid-1 should work fine ... plenty of room for drives on > > that board. As long as you have a normal file system on sata dirves, it > > should boot. You may need to reconfigure the hardware (obviously, > > different network cards, audio, video, etc.) > > > > The version of the BIOS that I currently have does have a secure boot > > turn off feature. (1302 x64 is my BIOS version) Looks like there are 5 > > newer versions of the BIOS than the one I have installed now. > > Ok, so I bought the board and a FX6300 CPU to go with it. pulled the > swap-eroo and after some trepidation (trying to make sure I had everything > plugged in correctly, so I wouldn't let the magic smoke leak out) fired > it up, tweaked a bunch of BIOS settings, then did a real boot and up it > came! found the Raid-1 pair, found everything and seems to be "just working". > > Only problem was networking. the network config specified the MAC address, > so it didn't find that port (obviously, since it isn't there anymore) > and it then manufactured an eth1 (as if from whole cloth), which got an > address from DHCP and networking is up. but since I run a mail server on > that box, it needs its static IP address so the forwarded port 25 will > work. to fix this had to work thru 2 or 3 issues but after head-banging > for a couple hours got it all straightened out. > > thanks for the hints on what seems a good board! > > My Folding At Home client seems to be screaming right along, too! > > Fred > > -- > ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- > The Lord detests the way of the wicked > but he loves those who pursue righteousness. > ----------------------------- Proverbs 15:9 (niv) ----------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. ----------------------------- Proverbs 15:3 (niv) -----------------------------