Biostar M7VIG works well with Linux OS?

[RockyMaivia]

Looking into building a system with a Biostar M7VIG. Has anybody tried and had problems running Linux with its integrated video,audio, and LAN?

Here's the specs on the board as posted at Newegg:

Onboard VGA:S3 Savage 4 Video Integrated
Onboard Audio AC 97 Audio
Onboard LAN:10/100mbs
Supported CPU:AMD Athlon XP , Athlon and Duron
Chipset:VIA KM266 / VT8233A
FSB:200 / 266MHz system interface speed
RAM:Both 2 x 184-pin DDR DIMM and 2 x 168-pin SDRAM DIMM Maximum 2.0 GB PC2100 (DDR266)
IDE:Ultra DMA33/66/100/133
Slots:3 x PCI 1 x AGP 1 x CNR
Ports:1 LPT, 1 COM, 2 USB, 2 PS/2, amd Audio Ports:

Thanks in advance!

 

[Bleep]

I have Redhat 8 on one of these boards and it works just dandy. There is one really nice feature on the Biostar boards and that is when booting you can hold down the f9 key and it will give you a boot sequence prompt.
Put the linux on one HD and windows on the other and when booting just hit f9 and boot to the drive you want. These are great boards.

Bleep

 

[Peter]

S3 ProSavage graphics, and everything else embedded to the VIA chipsets, is quite well supported in recent Linux distros. Fear not.

That boot menu thing isn't limited to Biostar boards. My PC-Chips has that too. (In fact, it's a common feature of modern BIOSes, be they Phoenix or AMI.)

 

[Peter]

 

[Praxis]

If you haven't ordered yet, you might consider the M7VIG Pro[/L] version as well. It is available for $62 delivered from FTI in NY. It has updated onboard S3 ProSavage 8 video, USB 2.0 (with 2 rear ports and 4 front ports, as well as a front audio port), and snazzier C-Media CMI9739A 6-Channel audio. It also comes with the Warpspeeder overclocking utility, which I believe only works from within Windows.