Re: What motherboard and cpu do you recommend for running linux "out-of-the-box" ?

From: Martin Jørgensen (unoder.spam_at_spam.jay.net)
Date: 12/06/04 

Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 22:48:05 +0100

Måns Rullgård wrote:
> Martin Jørgensen <unoder.spam@spam.jay.net> writes:
>
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>>MSI - KT6-DELTA-FISR, VIA KT600, FSB400, GLAN, SATA RAID,
>>Firewire, DDR400 +
>
>
> You're aware that's fakeraid, I suppose.

Not really. But I don't want a server and doesn´t care much about that
RAID-stuff. What do you mean by "fakeraid"?

>>And this CPU:
>>
>>Athlon Barton XP 3200+ (should probably make noise, since I think it
>>makes a lot of heat).
>>
>>I´m also considering an AMD cool'n'quiet-solution, but I can´t find
>>any good sources on what should work from the first time...
>>
>>The price for an AMD64 system must be low. I´ve read that SATA support
>>for Seagate is not good (for Linux). That´s a shame, since I´ve read a
>
>
> Not true. My Seagate SATA drives are working very well.

Very good. What system/linux distro are you running?

>>lot about how good Seagate is at making harddisc drives... (low-noise
>>and good performance)... I want a 160 gb or 200 gb harddisc drive.
>
>
> My Seagate 160GB SATA drives are as quiet as they get, and give ~56
> MB/s raw read rate. What I like about Seagate is the long warranty
> period, compared some other brands.
>
> There are some problems with certain Seagate drives and Silicon Image
> controllers. See the driver source for a list. The problem is a

Where do I find the driver source for a Seagate 160 gb disc like yours?

> firmware bug in the drives, and appears to have been fixed in new
> drives. If you get Seagate, make sure they are new. Of the eight
> Seagates (various models) I've purchased over the last few years, one
> was weird on arrival (not quite dead, replaced under warranty), the
> rest have been trouble free.

Ok, thanx.

Med venlig hilsen / Best regards
Martin Jørgensen 

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