Motherboard Recommendations

[Kumara Jayaweera]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Fletcher" <fm_maillists at ntlworld.com>
To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 4:34 PM
Subject: Re: Motherboard Recommendations


> On Saturday 19 Mar 2005 23:43, Michael A. Peters wrote:
> > On 03/19/2005 02:40:25 PM, Gib Gilbertson Jr. wrote:
> > > Hi.
> > >
> > > I want to build a web/e-mail/file server running FC for home network
> > > use. I'd appreciate some recommendations for motherboards to put in
> > > the machine.
> >
> > nforce 3 - for an amd64 cpu
> > I'm not sure if SATA is supported in FC3 install kernel, but I'm
> > guessing it will be in FC4 install kernel (I can't guarantee it) - but
> > you can always install to ATA and use SATA for your data drives if
> > installing to SATA is an issue.
> >
> > I personally prefer Asus boards, always had good luck with them.
> >
> > --
> > Michael A. Peters
> > http://mpeters.us/
>
> I've used an Intel D865PERL motherboard to build two systems with a 3GHz
P4 in
> each, Seagate SATA hard drives and Sony optical drives on the ribbon cable
> IDE sockets. Both systems installed FC3 dual booting with XP OK. The only
> problem I encountered was that the FC3 automatic partitioning failed to
work
> on both machines, so I had to do it manually.
>
> Trouble is that although I'm very pleased with these motherboards, I'm
told by
> the supplier I bought them from that Intel might not be making them any
more.
> They are certainly difficult for me to get hold of now so my advice is if
you
> find one grab it fast.
>
> Hope I've helped
>
> Dave F
Hi,
Mine is the same brand and same chip set (Intel) with a Western Digital SATA
hard disk. i did not get this error (automatic partitioning) there. i think
this is not an issue from motherboard
Mohan