[clug] Using Debian etch on a P45 motherboard

Tony Lewis tony at lewistribe.com
Fri Aug 29 07:10:26 GMT 2008



----- "jm" wrote: 
> Tony Lewis wrote: 
> > If so, then that's a dead end.  I guess I can look at P35 motherboards, or patch etch with the drivers, or go for another distro.  That's my order of preference, I guess, but I'm happy to consider other options. 
> > 
> >   
> Requirements? 



For the motherboard? 



Must have: 

* 6 x SATA ports 

* 4GB RAM capacity 



Nice to have 

* many PCI slots 

* onboard video 

* good onboard networking 

* 8GB RAM capacity 

* low power consumption 

* compatible with quad core CPU 



Tony 



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