Re: [SLE] Dual CPU motherboards
From: darryl penny (dpenny_at_ehs.wcape.school.za)
Date: 09/06/03
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To: Jack Alderson <jack@xfabtexas.com> Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2003 12:07:25 +0200
---- Edgemead High School (Northern Suburbs, Cape Town) Office Tel +27215581132 Office Fax +27215584407 -- EHS uses: Open WebMail (http://openwebmail.org) Apache (http://www.apache.org) SuSE Linux 8.2 (http://www.suse.de; http://www.suse.com) ---- ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Jack Alderson <jack@xfabtexas.com> To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Sent: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 11:00:34 -0500 Subject: [SLE] Dual CPU motherboards > Hello All, > > I have searched Suse's hardware database trying to find a server- > class dual xeon or dual Athlon MP motherboard that I can buy and > load SuSE 8.2 professional on with no results. Their hardware > database is too far behind current technology. > > I want to put together an "EXTREMELY" fast system with a minimum of > 2 - 2.6GHz + Xeons or Athlons and a U320 or U160 SCSI hard drive(s) > and 2 Gig or more of memory. I need to know if there is a dual cpu > motherboard that SuSE 8.2 Professional will run on of this calibre. > > Can anyone tell me if any of the motherboards in this list will work? We use an Intel SHG2 Reliance Computer Corp/ServerWorks mobo (onboard vga) 400MHz FSB; 160MBs SCSI controller plus usual other I/O's (USB2, etc) Twin 2.0GHz P4 Xeons cpu's (512kb L2) RAM is 2GB Backup is Seagate Scorpion DDS-4 tape drive All seen and properly recognised by SuSE 8.2 AFAIK this is ± 1.5yr old technology > > For Xeon CPUs... > Asus PC-DL Deluxe > Asus PR-DLSW > Intel SE7505VB2 > Supermicro X5DA8 > Supermicro P4DP6-Q > Supermicro P4DC6+ > Supermicro X5DAL-G > > For AMD CPUs... > GigaByte GA-7DPXDW-P > MSI K7D Master MPX > > Any other recommendations would be appreciated. > > I want a motherboard that Suse 8.2 will recognize ALL onboard > components like USB, LAN, SCSI, IDE, AUDIO, ect., and I will most > likely use an external AGP card, hence it needs an AGP 4x or 8x > slot. I prefer integrated SCSI but that's not manditory. > > Thanks for any help, > Jack A. > > -- > Check the headers for your unsubscription address > For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com > Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com > Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com ------- End of Original Message ------- -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
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