C2D,linux loadable mobo ?

[kiku]

Any one please suggest a linux loadable c2d mobo ?

 

[slim142]

Dont know of any, Im not into Linux.

But just answering to let you know that you are not alone and that somebody with more knowledge than me will come and help you out

 

[Dante_Jose_Cuervo]

Well, the only thing to ask here is what you're going to be using the computer for since Linux will run on just about any mobo.

 

[misiu_mp]

There are not many real hackers anymore in this world are there... =(

 

[misiu_mp]

the problem is of course the drivers. The built-in network should be supported, but stuff like sata controller or audio might not.
The sata controller can cause particular problem if it doesnt work.
Isnt sata built in the southbridge on intel? This should make it easier to find out whether it is supported or not.

I found a little something here http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html
and here http://linux-ata.org/driver-status.html

 

[Dante_Jose_Cuervo]

the problem is of course the drivers. The built-in network should be supported, but stuff like sata controller or audio might not.
The sata controller can cause particular problem if it doesnt work.
Isnt sata built in the southbridge on intel? This should make it easier to find out whether it is supported or not.

I found a little something here http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html
and here http://linux-ata.org/driver-status.html

Hmm... my mobo has SATA... it's a dell, but still, it has SATA and I'm running SuSe linux on it with no problems. Hmm.. also the onboard memory is fine. Sadly, no idea what the mobo is.

 

[kiku]

Well, the only thing to ask here is what you're going to be using the computer for since Linux will run on just about any mobo.

newegg reviews on ASUS P5B says that they can't able to load linux on it, hardware should be compatible for the OS.

 

[Dante_Jose_Cuervo]

What distro of linux are you planning on using? it helps to know since some distros might have like patches or emulators for incompatibility issues.

 

[kiku]

redhat.

 

[misiu_mp]

the problem is of course the drivers. The built-in network should be supported, but stuff like sata controller or audio might not.
The sata controller can cause particular problem if it doesnt work.
Isnt sata built in the southbridge on intel? This should make it easier to find out whether it is supported or not.

I found a little something here http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html
and here http://linux-ata.org/driver-status.html

Hmm... my mobo has SATA... it's a dell, but still, it has SATA and I'm running SuSe linux on it with no problems. Hmm.. also the onboard memory is fine. Sadly, no idea what the mobo is.

Older mobos have different controllers than new ones.

 

[misiu_mp]

What distro of linux are you planning on using? it helps to know since some distros might have like patches or emulators for incompatibility issues.

hmm. I dont quite see what do you mean. All driver patches all incorporated very quickly into the kernel so the hardware support doesnt differ so much.
Different distros can use diffrent kernel versions for their default installs though. But you can always grab the newest from kernel.org.

 

[misiu_mp]

check this one:

http://www.phoronix.com/

Its a cool site about GNU/linux hardware and software (incl gaming)

 

[Dante_Jose_Cuervo]

It seems a bit weird to ask such a newbish question like that but as I found out when I installed Gentoo, and then when I installed SuSu, I got different features and drivers... not sure why though.

 

[misiu_mp]

I am not sure what do you mean but if by features you mean tools, some tools are made especially for some distros. Thats what make many distros different. As most of them (if not all) are free software, you can download them, compile, use and modify on any distribution,

I am also not sure what do you mean by different drivers (how do you know that it is different). As I said before, different distros might use different kernel versions in their distributions and thus differnt versions of the drivers. Also what can differ from distro to another are settings and tuning whitch can cause differences in how some stuff works.
But in the bottom line is that if any particular piece of hardware works on some distibution of linux, it can be made to work on any other. On some distros it might work out of the box, on others it requires more hacking.

 

[Dante_Jose_Cuervo]

Ok, well like when I get Gentoo, I used portage to get a driver for my dad's old lynksis router that I couldn't get to work on Suse or Ubuntu- a driver that apparently wasn't available on those two distros. Strange... but meh. As for like features... Gentoo... has portage... and I haven't seen that on anything else... but I have to admit, I love it.