Intel 965 chipset motherboards + SATA

Intel 965 chipset motherboards + SATA

[Martin Naskovski]

I have an ASUS P5B Deluxe/Core 2 Duo/Intel 965/all SATA (Plextor DVD+ 
Seagate HD) configuration setup - and as of now, no distribution out there 
can install on this configuration.

Information on whether this issue has been fixed is, at best, dubious on 
various Linux forums.

/Does/ the Linux kernel support this configuration? Can it 
install/recognize this hardware configuration?

I'm sorry to ask this question here, but all I need is a correct answer - 
I've never posted here to ask questions, but this issue has been bugging 
me quite a bit.

Thanks,
Martin

Re: Intel 965 chipset motherboards + SATA

[Auke Kok]

Martin Naskovski wrote:
> I have an ASUS P5B Deluxe/Core 2 Duo/Intel 965/all SATA (Plextor DVD+ 
> Seagate HD) configuration setup - and as of now, no distribution out 
> there can install on this configuration.
> 
> Information on whether this issue has been fixed is, at best, dubious on 
> various Linux forums.
> 
> /Does/ the Linux kernel support this configuration? Can it 
> install/recognize this hardware configuration?

sure, I'm running one right here =D

> I'm sorry to ask this question here, but all I need is a correct answer 
> - I've never posted here to ask questions, but this issue has been 
> bugging me quite a bit.

Distro's are struggling to catch up with the flood of new drivers since 2.6.18rc that 
support these new chipsets.

You'll probably install just fine on IDE first and switch to a manually compiled kernel 
(2.6.18 recommended) afterwards. Once the distro's catch up you'll have forgotten all 
the pain :)

Cheers,

Auke

Re: Intel 965 chipset motherboards + SATA

[Daniel J Blueman]

Martin Naskovski wrote:
> I have an ASUS P5B Deluxe/Core 2 Duo/Intel 965/all SATA (Plextor DVD+
> Seagate HD) configuration setup - and as of now, no distribution out there
> can install on this configuration.

I found Ubuntu 6.0.6.1 [1] to support all the hardware of my Asus
P5B-VM (uATX variant) w/ Core2Duo E6400 etc out the box, apart from
the JMicron PATA+SATA+eSATA controller; use the southbridge ICH8 SATA
controller instead.

Seems a solid platform, just note that most DDR2-800 memory is spec'd
to run at 2.0v rather than the 1.8v, so be sure to set this in the
BIOS (defaults to 1.8v of course). I was experiencing intermittent,
silent corruption with large changing patterns in memory @ 1.8v, but
fine at 2.0v with my OCZ DDR2-800.

> Information on whether this issue has been fixed is, at best, dubious on
> various Linux forums.
>
> /Does/ the Linux kernel support this configuration? Can it
> install/recognize this hardware configuration?
>
> I'm sorry to ask this question here, but all I need is a correct answer -
> I've never posted here to ask questions, but this issue has been bugging
> me quite a bit.

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http://ubuntu-releases.cs.umn.edu/6.06/ubuntu-6.06.1-desktop-amd64.iso
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Daniel J Blueman