Re: Motherboards for Core2 Duo

General Schvantzkoph wrote:

On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 19:42:36 +0100, Lasse Jensen wrote:

General Schvantzkoph wrote:


Asus P5B. The installation was a bit tricky, but with 2.6.18 everything
works perfectly. Haven't had a single software related crash.

What do you mean by tricky? Which distro are you using?

Debian. The SATA controller was not supported on the official install CD.
It was however supported on the latest beta, but still no JMicron for the
CD-ROM drive. Quite strange experience. It boots from the CD and then
says it cant detect the CD. Anyway, solved it by booting from a USB 2
CD-ROM drive.

By the way, the Realtek gigabit NIC requires a driver from Realtek. I'm
not quite sure about the license, but it comes in source form.

I thought the P5B used an Attansic L1 ethernet controller. There are
several P5Bs, are you using the P5B-E, the P5B Deluxe or the P5B Deluxe
WiFi?

It's just called P5B.
http://dk.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=307&model=1178&modelmenu=1

It's the only board i could find with 3 PCI slots, only one PCIe x16 an
onboard PCIe LAN.

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