I will let you know how my install goes on an 1800 XP and an Abit KR7A-133 board goes...It should be in today. Tho' it still has ps/2 ports etc on this particular board.
Shannon On Fri, 2002-05-10 at 12:36, Cleve Allison wrote: > Forgot to mention another interesting point about this motherboard......it > does not have parallel or serial ports for mouse, modem or keyboard, its a > usb 1.1 , usb 2.0 and firewire system so if I decide to buy it I will also > have to purchase a usb 1.1 keyboard and mouse. I have never installed any > flavor of Linux on a system that used a usb mouse and keyboard. > Thanks. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Cleve Allison > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 10:55 AM > Subject: [brlug-general] Soyo SY-KT333 Dragon Ultra > > > I'm thinking about buying a Soyo SY-KT333 Dragon Ultra motherboard and a AMD > 1900+ XP and 512 MB of DDR333 or PC2700 ram. > > Does anyone have any thoughts on what my chances of having a smooth Linux > installation will be with all the built-in features of this motherboard such > as built-in networking, sound, usb 2.0, etc. I don't want to even buy it if > I can only use it for Windows. I am currently using Mandrake and Redhat at > home but want to try Suse as well. > > Thanks in advance for any insight you are able to off -- __________________________________________________________________ Shannon Roddy California Institute of Technology [EMAIL PROTECTED] LIGO Livingston Observatory ph: (225)686-3106 19100 LIGO Lane fx: (225)686-7189 Livingston, LA 70754
