Re: [CentOS] Centos-compatible motherboards

2014-02-11 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 02/02/2014 12:44 PM, Fred Smith wrote: Oh, one more question: sensors_detect doesn't find any sensors for lm_sensors to work with. Are you using (or do you know of) any other tools to monitor board temps (etc) ?? Sorry, did not see this until now (was off at FOSDEM). I did not try to set

Re: [CentOS] Centos-compatible motherboards

2014-02-11 Thread Ned Slider
On 02/02/14 18:44, Fred Smith wrote: On Sun, Feb 02, 2014 at 01:41:49PM -0500, Fred Smith wrote: On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 12:44:02PM -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote: On 12/27/2013 07:11 AM, Fred Smith wrote: On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 03:40:43AM -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote: On 12/25/2013 09:51 PM, Fred

Re: [CentOS] Centos-compatible motherboards

2014-02-11 Thread Fred Smith
On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 01:09:57PM +, Ned Slider wrote: snip Do you know what sensor chip is on the board? It might be possible to use an updated driver for the hwmon sensor from elrepo. I can't find any mention in the motherboard docs. However, hunting around online, it appears to

Re: [CentOS] Centos-compatible motherboards

2014-02-02 Thread Fred Smith
On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 12:44:02PM -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote: On 12/27/2013 07:11 AM, Fred Smith wrote: On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 03:40:43AM -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote: On 12/25/2013 09:51 PM, Fred Smith wrote: Hi all! I'm toying with the idea of spending some Christmas money on a new MB

Re: [CentOS] Centos-compatible motherboards

2014-02-02 Thread Fred Smith
On Sun, Feb 02, 2014 at 01:41:49PM -0500, Fred Smith wrote: On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 12:44:02PM -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote: On 12/27/2013 07:11 AM, Fred Smith wrote: On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 03:40:43AM -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote: On 12/25/2013 09:51 PM, Fred Smith wrote: Hi all!

Re: [CentOS] Centos-compatible motherboards

2014-01-07 Thread Sorin Srbu
-Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of John R Pierce Sent: den 26 december 2013 05:05 To: centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] Centos-compatible motherboards See:https://hardware.redhat.com/RHEL6 that listing

Re: [CentOS] Centos-compatible motherboards

2014-01-01 Thread Eliezer Croitoru
On 26/12/13 06:05, John R Pierce wrote: that listing is nearly useless for this.it doesn't contain motherboards, it contains complete brand name systems that were submitted for paid testing. What is so bad for paid testings? If it was tested for a reasonable usage it's fine. If you have a

Re: [CentOS] Centos-compatible motherboards

2014-01-01 Thread John R Pierce
On 1/1/2014 12:50 PM, Eliezer Croitoru wrote: On 26/12/13 06:05, John R Pierce wrote: that listing is nearly useless for this.it doesn't contain motherboards, it contains complete brand name systems that were submitted for paid testing. What is so bad for paid testings? If it was tested

Re: [CentOS] Centos-compatible motherboards

2014-01-01 Thread Eliezer Croitoru
On 01/01/14 23:09, John R Pierce wrote: my point is, the coverage of that hardware listing on the redhat site is woefully inadequate for the needs of the OP. NO motherboards or chipsets are listed, just complete systems, mostly servers. Even the HP DL160gen8 servers I just bought for my

Re: [CentOS] Centos-compatible motherboards

2014-01-01 Thread John R Pierce
On 1/1/2014 2:02 PM, Eliezer Croitoru wrote: Indeed the HP DL160gen8 might not be in the list.. I am sure that a Xeon CPU from the E5-2600 product family should work and meet Linux Desktop and Server. I'm glad you're so sure (and yes in fact, it did work...), but my original point remains,

Re: [CentOS] Centos-compatible motherboards

2014-01-01 Thread Eliezer Croitoru
On 02/01/14 00:13, John R Pierce wrote: I'm glad you're so sure (and yes in fact, it did work...), but my original point remains, thehttp://hardware.redhat.com listings are nearly useless. For who? Eliezer ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

Re: [CentOS] Centos-compatible motherboards

2014-01-01 Thread John R Pierce
On 1/1/2014 2:56 PM, Eliezer Croitoru wrote: On 02/01/14 00:13, John R Pierce wrote: I'm glad you're so sure (and yes in fact, it did work...), but my original point remains, thehttp://hardware.redhat.com listings are nearly useless. For who? for the original poster, who was asking on this

Re: [CentOS] Centos-compatible motherboards

2014-01-01 Thread Eliezer Croitoru
On 02/01/14 01:19, John R Pierce wrote: for the original poster, who was asking on this thread which motherboards would work, as the hardware.redhat.com site doesn't list motherboards. and useless for me, when they don't include the major brand server models I might be considering for work.

Re: [CentOS] Centos-compatible motherboards

2014-01-01 Thread John R Pierce
On 1/1/2014 3:42 PM, Eliezer Croitoru wrote: Just to make sure I understand the question again: PC and Servers hardware is suppose to be BIOS compatible? In a case that these do comply and Linux is not supporting BIOS it's another story. huh? the BIOS is nearly irrelevant, its code is used

Re: [CentOS] Centos-compatible motherboards

2014-01-01 Thread Eliezer Croitoru
The BIOS is what the hardware is based upon and the testing of a Mother-Board should be started at the BIOS level. The Basic Input Output for today hardware is basically based on USB even for many servers. There are cases which you see a system that CentOS6 was not designed to work with. Not

Re: [CentOS] Centos-compatible motherboards

2013-12-28 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 12/27/2013 04:16 PM, Fred Smith wrote: On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 12:44:02PM -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote: On 12/27/2013 07:11 AM, Fred Smith wrote: On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 03:40:43AM -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote: On 12/25/2013 09:51 PM, Fred Smith wrote: Hi all! I'm toying with the idea of

Re: [CentOS] Centos-compatible motherboards

2013-12-27 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 12/25/2013 09:51 PM, Fred Smith wrote: Hi all! I'm toying with the idea of spending some Christmas money on a new MB and CPU to upgrade my desktop. Although I've always been partial to AMD chips, I'm tempted this time to find something Intel-ish, I5, quad core, or so. In looking at

Re: [CentOS] Centos-compatible motherboards

2013-12-27 Thread Fred Smith
On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 03:40:43AM -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote: On 12/25/2013 09:51 PM, Fred Smith wrote: Hi all! I'm toying with the idea of spending some Christmas money on a new MB and CPU to upgrade my desktop. Although I've always been partial to AMD chips, I'm tempted this time

Re: [CentOS] Centos-compatible motherboards

2013-12-27 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 12/27/2013 07:11 AM, Fred Smith wrote: On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 03:40:43AM -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote: On 12/25/2013 09:51 PM, Fred Smith wrote: Hi all! I'm toying with the idea of spending some Christmas money on a new MB and CPU to upgrade my desktop. Although I've always been partial

Re: [CentOS] Centos-compatible motherboards

2013-12-27 Thread Fred Smith
On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 12:44:02PM -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote: On 12/27/2013 07:11 AM, Fred Smith wrote: On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 03:40:43AM -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote: On 12/25/2013 09:51 PM, Fred Smith wrote: Hi all! I'm toying with the idea of spending some Christmas money on a new MB

Re: [CentOS] Centos-compatible motherboards

2013-12-26 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
On 12/26/2013 08:17 AM, John R Pierce wrote: On 12/25/2013 11:09 PM, g wrote: because you are upgrading a box, do consider upping power supply to at least 650 watt for load you will be adding. huh? my system uses about 200-250 watts actual line current running full tilt, its a core

Re: [CentOS] Centos-compatible motherboards

2013-12-26 Thread John R Pierce
On 12/26/2013 1:34 PM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: Keep in mind that PSU nominal power is not absolute power, especially if you buy those cheep ones. Chinese 450W will give 200-300W or similar. Chieftec is another thing. I mostly use low-to-midrange Antec and Coolermaster supplies, so far they

Re: [CentOS] Centos-compatible motherboards

2013-12-26 Thread Eero Volotinen
I mostly use low-to-midrange Antec and Coolermaster supplies, so far they have performed great for me, lasted a long long time, and seem to be true to spec.AFAIK, they are all made in China. Maybe it is wise to install fedora and just run centos 6 under kvm virtualization ? -- Eero

Re: [CentOS] Centos-compatible motherboards

2013-12-26 Thread John R Pierce
On 12/26/2013 2:01 PM, Eero Volotinen wrote: Maybe it is wise to install fedora and just run centos 6 under kvm virtualization ? that depends entirely on your requirements and intentions. -- john r pierce 37N 122W somewhere on the middle of the left

Re: [CentOS] Centos-compatible motherboards

2013-12-26 Thread Fred Smith
On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 10:34:42PM +0100, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: On 12/26/2013 08:17 AM, John R Pierce wrote: On 12/25/2013 11:09 PM, g wrote: because you are upgrading a box, do consider upping power supply to at least 650 watt for load you will be adding. huh? my system uses

Re: [CentOS] Centos-compatible motherboards

2013-12-26 Thread Fred Smith
On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 02:34:02PM -0800, John R Pierce wrote: On 12/26/2013 2:01 PM, Eero Volotinen wrote: Maybe it is wise to install fedora and just run centos 6 under kvm virtualization ? that depends entirely on your requirements and intentions. this is my personal desktop system. I

Re: [CentOS] Centos-compatible motherboards

2013-12-26 Thread John R Pierce
On 12/26/2013 2:54 PM, Fred Smith wrote: the PS I'll be using in this system is an existing PC POwer Cooling 500W unit, which should be up to the task. (It has been running the existing system for something like 3-4 years, with a Phenom-II X2 and two HD and two optical drives, 24X7.) what

Re: [CentOS] Centos-compatible motherboards

2013-12-26 Thread Fred Smith
On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 03:11:10PM -0800, John R Pierce wrote: On 12/26/2013 2:54 PM, Fred Smith wrote: the PS I'll be using in this system is an existing PC POwer Cooling 500W unit, which should be up to the task. (It has been running the existing system for something like 3-4 years, with

Re: [CentOS] Centos-compatible motherboards

2013-12-25 Thread Eero Volotinen
2013/12/26 Fred Smith fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us Hi all! I'm toying with the idea of spending some Christmas money on a new MB and CPU to upgrade my desktop. Although I've always been partial to AMD chips, I'm tempted this time to find something Intel-ish, I5, quad core, or so. In

Re: [CentOS] Centos-compatible motherboards

2013-12-25 Thread John R Pierce
On 12/25/2013 7:51 PM, Fred Smith wrote: In looking at mommyboards at New Egg and Amazon, I find so many I am unable to make reasonable determinations regarding suitability, so am hoping some of you who have new(ish) intel-compatible boards could offer some hints. my build last year was on

Re: [CentOS] Centos-compatible motherboards

2013-12-25 Thread John R Pierce
On 12/25/2013 7:56 PM, Eero Volotinen wrote: In looking at mommyboards at New Egg and Amazon, I find so many I am unable to make reasonable determinations regarding suitability, so am hoping some of you who have new(ish) intel-compatible boards could offer some hints.

Re: [CentOS] Centos-compatible motherboards

2013-12-25 Thread g
On 12/25/2013 09:51 PM, Fred Smith wrote: Hi all! I'm toying with the idea of spending some Christmas money on a new MB and CPU to upgrade my desktop. to answer such a question is not that easy, other than, to say that most all quality mainboards of today should work and it is really up to

Re: [CentOS] Centos-compatible motherboards

2013-12-25 Thread John R Pierce
On 12/25/2013 11:09 PM, g wrote: because you are upgrading a box, do consider upping power supply to at least 650 watt for load you will be adding. huh? my system uses about 200-250 watts actual line current running full tilt, its a core i5-3570k overclocked to 4.2ghz, with 16gb ram, 1