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Title: Intel Motherboards for 7.3
Post by: dilligaf on November 11, 2008, 05:45:47 PM: I have poked around the different lists etc, finding a real wide range of what people are using, however not a list that shows supported Intel boards.

For our basic windows office workstations we use the Intel DQ35JO Intel® Q35 LGA775 microATX
It has worked well.

Have done a few installs of SME 7.x to same board using the "pci=nommconf" in the kernel, and they seem to work.

I however believe there is likely an Intel board (that is not obsolete) that may be a better candidate.

I also had been adding the MRSSubraids, but believe SME 7.3 handles replacing a failed drive easier, so am looking at going back to software raid.

Any feedback of what you are using for INTEL Boards / CPU appreciated.
Title: Re: Intel Motherboards for 7.3
Post by: GlitchFreak on November 11, 2008, 09:05:30 PM: All the Intel boards I've used (945 chipsets) need the pci=nommconf switch in the kernel in order for the install to happen and the server to boot.
Title: Re: Intel Motherboards for 7.3
Post by: gzartman on November 12, 2008, 08:22:10 PM: Quote from: dilligaf on November 11, 2008, 05:45:47 PM
I have poked around the different lists etc, finding a real wide range of what people are using, however not a list that shows supported Intel boards.

SME 7.3 is based on Centos 4.5, which is a recompile of RHEL 4. RHEL supported hardware is listed here:

https://hardware.redhat.com/index.cgi

You might also try poking around here:

http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/
Title: Re: Intel Motherboards for 7.3
Post by: byte on November 13, 2008, 03:13:16 PM: Quote from: gzartman on November 12, 2008, 08:22:10 PM
SME 7.3 is based on Centos 4.5, [..]

SME Server 7.3 is actually based on CentOS 4.6 ;)
Title: Re: Intel Motherboards for 7.3
Post by: dilligaf on November 13, 2008, 06:54:36 PM: Quote from: gzartman on November 12, 2008, 08:22:10 PM
SME 7.3 is based on Centos 4.5, which is a recompile of RHEL 4. RHEL supported hardware is listed here:

https://hardware.redhat.com/index.cgi

You might also try poking around here:

http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/

I have gone to that site before.
Tried a search for INTEL or ASUS no mainboards come up - is that to be taken as none supported?
Title: Re: Intel Motherboards for 7.3
Post by: David Harper on November 13, 2008, 08:36:44 PM: Red Hat only lists certified hardware, rather than all compatible products.
Title: Re: Intel Motherboards for 7.3
Post by: janet on November 14, 2008, 01:35:18 AM: dilligaf

Quote
... we use the Intel DQ35JO Intel® Q35
Have done a few installs of SME 7.x to same board using the "pci=nommconf" in the kernel, and they seem to work.
I however believe there is likely an Intel board (that is not obsolete) that may be a better candidate.

What "better" are you looking for ? That's a good motherboard for sme & Windows and works with sme 8 too.
Title: Re: Intel Motherboards for 7.3
Post by: dilligaf on November 16, 2008, 09:45:58 PM: Quote from: mary on November 14, 2008, 01:35:18 AM
dilligaf

What "better" are you looking for ? That's a good motherboard for sme & Windows and works with sme 8 too.
Sounds good, was just wanting to confirm it was a good choice,
Thanks
Title: Re: Intel Motherboards for 7.3
Post by: janet on November 17, 2008, 02:45:41 AM: dilligaf

A "advanced" search of the forums found this
http://forums.contribs.org/index.php/topic,40524.0.html
Title: Re: Intel Motherboards for 7.3
Post by: dilligaf on November 17, 2008, 02:54:29 AM: Quote from: mary on November 17, 2008, 02:45:41 AM
dilligaf

A "advanced" search of the forums found this
http://forums.contribs.org/index.php/topic,40524.0.html
Excellent help,thank you very much.