Re: Experience With Intel D815EEAL MotherBoard

[John Summerfield <summer os2 ami com au>]

> I am contemplating building a new machine to support a RedHad 7.0 OS with an
> Intel D815EEAL mother board and a Pentium III 800 . The board is based on
> the Intel 815E chipset. As I am new to Linux, I'd like to minimize
> configuration issues. Although the compatibility list does have the Pentium
> III, I didn't see anything on this board or the 815E chipset.
> 
> Any thoughts would be appreciated.

How much RAM does it support?

 
> 
> PS I just built an ABIT KT7A Raid system (already loaded with a MS OS) and
> was also contemplating using this type of mobo (w/o RAID), but am concerned
> about via chipset and Highpoint compatibility issues,so the I'm thinking
> intel might be a smarter choice?

HPT366 is supported in 2.4 kernels. While some (notably Mike who's been silent 
recently) are not happy with VIA, others are.

If you want more bang for the buck, or just more bang, Athlon processors are 
current top of the heap.

My top machines currently run K6-2/500 and Pentium II/233 CPUs and have, 
respectively, 128 and 192 Mbytes of RAM. I suspect that equally well-balanced 
systems with Ghz processors would need more RAM than the Intel chipset 
supports.

I might not install more on a new system, but I would like the headroom in 
case I need it later.
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