Solid linux motherboard?

[haslup]

Hi folks,

Looking to build a new linux box -- it's for development, file server, etc... so stability is more important than anything else. I'd love to keep the cost down, as well, so was looking at the Athlon-based boards. Considered the Asus A7N8X but I'm not sure about it's stability / linux driver support...? I doubt if I'll be overclocking it at all, just for stability reasons.

I plan on using a GeForce3 AGP card with it, a couple of existing drives, and I've got either a linksys or 3com NIC I can use with it. Sound can either be on-board or I've got SB Live 5.1 card. I'll buy new memory sticks to match the board (probably 512mb).

Any success stories out there?

Thanks!

jason

 

[SpideyCU]

My friend is running RedHat 9 on a regular nForce (not 2) board, and I've heard that the latest releases from nVidia make the drivers for the NF2 easier to install. I know someone around here was running Linux on an NF2 board, but I can't remember who...

 

[joshg]

Lots of information regarding nForce and Linux at nForcersHQ.com and more specifically their Linux forum.

 

[jose]

Right now the 845e mobo's are supported from RH7.3 .
The Granit Bay is reportedly supported in RH9.0.

I'm running several 845e's w/ 1 gig of ram w/ GF4-4400's (P4B533). Everything is completely stable.

The 845 mobo's are cheap right now & you can run up to 3Ghz...

I haven't found any info on the new Canterwood mobo's running Linux yet, but I'm waiting till the end of the year for the Canterwood ES server mobo's
to come out.

Good Luck
Jose