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Xref: sserve comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips:23645 comp.os.linux.hardware:6818 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:362 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:1244 comp.os.386bsd.questions:17540 Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!classic.iinet.com.au!news.uoknor.edu!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!noc.netcom.net!netcom.com!gfoster From: gfoster@netcom.com (Gary Foster) Subject: Re: Which motherboard to buy? Bogus PLATO BIOS and IRQ sharing Message-ID: <gfosterD8tBsG.64M@netcom.com> Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <3n4mtq$do8@agate.berkeley.edu> <3njk0a$pq2@onramp.arc.nasa.gov> <3nonrm$7t2@park.uvsc.edu> <3nrir2$46s@onramp.arc.nasa.gov> <3nt0e4$t1j@agate.berkeley.edu> <3obrnh$b5v@onramp.arc.nasa.gov> <3ooq8u$kj5@news.ed.ray.com> <3pdtb5$834@onramp.arc.nasa.gov> <3pgl52$j5a@onramp.arc.nasa.gov> Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 06:38:40 GMT Lines: 28 Sender: gfoster@netcom22.netcom.com Hugh LaMaster (lamaster@viking.arc.nasa.gov) wrote: : Are there any known problems with either the : Mylex or ASUS SiS-chipset-based Pentium mboards? : Is anyone running one of these boards with a 100 MHz : Pentium? : Do these boards work OK with the Buslogic 946C? : [Still searching for a hardware combination known to work : with "many" of the usual free operating systems.] I'm using the Asus Pentium P-90 PCI/ISA with the triton chipset, an Adaptec 2940, and a PCI #9GXE Pro 64 video card. Also have a PAS-16, a Maui, an SMC Ultra 8216c, two Quantum maverick SCSI hard drives and a Toshiba 3401b. No complaints, except I've never been able to use the maui under Linux. I ran it using the onboard EIDE controller and a couple of IDE hard drives for about a week before shifting everything over to SCSI. I ran Solaris 2.4 on it temporarily before wiping it and installing a fresh Linux system. Had more problems getting Solaris running on it than I did with Linux. Ymmv. Needless to say, the system really screams. -- Gary F. -- PGP public key available: finger gfoster@netcom.com Alternate email address: gfoster@nummi.com