Re: Motherboard for new Socket 939 fileserver

2006-03-15 Thread Robert Marella
On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 12:42:45 -0800 Andrew Fremantle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been tasked with setting up a new FreeBSD network file server. > I've been spending the last day fighting an ASUS A8N-VM CSM > motherboard, and I've given up on that hopeless battle. The ACPI is > ho

Re: Motherboard for new Socket 939 fileserver

2006-03-14 Thread Demian
Andrew Fremantle wrote: Hi all, Hello. Here are my requirements Socket 939 At least four SATA headers (preferably) At least two PATA headers PCIe Gigabit Ethernet I'm currently running the following: Athlon 64 4000+ ASUS A8N-SLI Delux (NVidia NForce 4 chipset) 400GB Western Digital 4000YR

Re: Motherboard for new Socket 939 fileserver

2006-03-14 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On Mar 14, 2006, at 1:58 PM, Peter Giessel wrote: On Tuesday, March 14, 2006, at 11:43AM, Andrew Fremantle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Here are my requirements Socket 939 At least four SATA headers (preferably) At least two PATA headers PCIe Gigabit Ethernet You didn't mention what brand o

Re: Motherboard for new Socket 939 fileserver

2006-03-14 Thread Peter Giessel
On Tuesday, March 14, 2006, at 11:43AM, Andrew Fremantle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Here are my requirements >Socket 939 >At least four SATA headers >(preferably) At least two PATA headers >PCIe Gigabit Ethernet You didn't mention what brand of processor, but if you are going AMD64, there is a

Motherboard for new Socket 939 fileserver

2006-03-14 Thread Andrew Fremantle
Hi all, I've been tasked with setting up a new FreeBSD network file server. I've been spending the last day fighting an ASUS A8N-VM CSM motherboard, and I've given up on that hopeless battle. The ACPI is horribly broken, the ethernet and PATA/SATA aren't supported on FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE, FreeB