Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:07:25 -0700 From: Bruce Caruthers <bkc-freebsdlists@dreamfire.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Intel G965 chipset? Message-ID: <20070713150725.A52319@dreamfire.com>
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Hi, all. I am in the process of replacing my old, formerly solidly reliable 4.2 RAID server. I've been eyeing the Intel DG965WH motherboard and its kin, but from my searches of the mailing list archives, it seems unclear whether it will work. There were several postings with workarounds (e.g. turn off ACPI, the marvell_pata patch, etc.) but no followup postings to indicate whether any of that worked... === My Question: So, can I use an Intel motherboard with the 965 chipset? If not, what is the latest chipset I can use which will meet my needs? === My needs are: * long-term reliable (current system is 7 years old) * 6+ SATA with RAID 1 (RAID 5 would be nice, but not required -- old server is just RAID 1 with a Highpoint 370 on an Abit BX133 mobo) * Firewire for removable "snapshot" drives * Preferably PCI-e/Express, since that seems to be the near-future for later expansion * Being able to use non-SATA CD/DVD drive for installs and perhaps experimenting with BSD DVD burning tools * Unless I do the DVD burning stuff, CPU doesn't matter to me (currently using Celeron 766MHz on old server, with 256 MB RAM, and only noticed when rebuilding a kernel) * I don't care about audio, and just need basic text-mode VGA, since this will sit in my basement. === OS: If it matters, I'll be moving from 4.2 to I guess 6.2 with this (clean install). I've used pre-1.0 FreeBSD/386BSD up through 4.10, but haven't messed with 5.x or newer yet. Any major gotchas I should be aware of? Sorry for being long-winded. Just want to be clear on what my concerns are, so I don't waste anyone's time. :) Thanks! -bkc -- Bruce Caruthers http://www.BruceCaruthers.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It's good to be good, EDUCATION is understanding the rules; but it's better to be lucky" EXPERIENCE is understanding the exceptions. -- The Trading Goddess -- Farmer's Almanac.
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