[Very-OT] Best Mobo to get for Linux 2.4.x

[Very-OT] Best Mobo to get for Linux 2.4.x

[Adam Schrotenboer]

If you don't want to answer this, then just ignore it, but help would be 
greatly appreciated.

I'm expecting to sell my system soon and then buy a new system.

My current vendor is micropro.com (yes. restricting, but let's just say 
that my dad is paying for it, and this is his current vendor)

Looking for an AMD T-Bird 1.2 GHz.

I need suggestions on which mobo to get.

I'm assuming that there is no support for the ALi MAGiK1, so my options 
are limited to the VIA KT{133,266}or the AMD 760, and unfortunately as 
of today, my vendor doesn't have any mobos w/ the KT266.

Oh well, that's life.

As I can only use one vendor, and _can_ customize but not build my own 
from scratch, I have only a few options.

DDR
IWill KA266
Asus A7A266

straight 266FSB
IWill KK266-PLUS
Abit KT7A
Asus A7V-133

TIA
Adam

[Very-OT] Best Mobo to get for Linux 2.4.x

[Adam Schrotenboer]

I forgot to mention that I track the kernel releases fairly closely. My 
current kernel is Kernel 2.4.9-pre4, and likely going to 2.4.8-ac9 soon.

Re: [Very-OT] Best Mobo to get for Linux 2.4.x

[Bobby D. Bryant]

[much snippage]

Adam Schrotenboer wrote:

> Looking for an AMD T-Bird 1.2 GHz.
>
> I need suggestions on which mobo to get.
>
> I'm assuming that there is no support for the ALi MAGiK1, so my options
> are limited to the VIA KT{133,266}or the AMD 760, and unfortunately as
> of today, my vendor doesn't have any mobos w/ the KT266.
>
> DDR
> Asus A7A266

I've been running the A7A266 w/ PC133 for a few months, and am very happy
with it.  (It is supposed to support DDR too, but I have not tried it.)

A bit pricey for a m.b., but it works.

FWIW, it uses the ALi M1647 north and ALi M1535D+ south.  The kernel
mis-recognizes the latter as a ALI15X3, but it still works.

And since we're on the subject (again), I'll mention (again) that I have a
couple of bogo-howtos for this board at
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/bdbryant/howtos/hardware/asus-a7a266/.

Good luck,

Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas

p.s. - Browse the archives carefully before buying any Athlon m.b. with a VIA
chipset.