Re: What motherboard to use?
From: Rick Moen (rick_at_linuxmafia.com)
Date: 04/26/04
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 18:46:20 -0000
The Real Slim Shady <Stan@your.house.com> wrote:
> I would say something with a SiS 755 chipset, so Asrock or ECS. And go 64
> bit. Fedora 1 or gentoo. They have x86_64 distribution version.
Debian's said to be a practical choice. (You'll need to compile your
own 64-bit kernel, after installation.)
https://alioth.debian.org/docman/view.php/1314/21/debian-amd64-howto.html
> Avoid sata disks, they will give you headaches for now, and there is no
> speed bonus. The difference is just the cable, it's thinner.
Depending on the hardware, he might not have much of a choice, though --
and SATA isn't _that_ big a problem. You just need a recent
installation kernel. See:
"Serial ATA" on http://linuxmafia.com/kb/Hardware/
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