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
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