Re: [gentoo-user] Re: New mobo change

[J. Roeleveld]

Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
>Dale wrote:
>> William Kenworthy wrote:
>>> On 21/10/13 11:09, Dale wrote:
>>>> I rebooted and the newest sysrescue still wouldn't boot up.  It
>says it
>>>> can't find /sysrcd.dat which I think is caused because it can't use
>the
>>>> USB port that the sysrescue stick is plugged into.  So, I booted
>Knoppix
>>>> instead from DVD.  Success.  I got a list of drivers from lspci and
>plan
>>>> to research them and see if I am missing something.  If not, I may
>just
>>>> start with a fresh config and see if that helps.
>>>>
>>>> At least the mobo is working tho.  That's a good thing.  It's a
>start at
>>>> least.
>>>>
>>>> Dale
>>>>
>>>> :-)  :-)
>>>>
>>> Ive found that with gentoo/sysrescuecd before - the other distros do
>a
>>> better job of detection - I have a dell system here that wont work
>on
>>> SRD for instance.  But after using ubuntu to find what was missing,
>its
>>> running gentoo fine.
>>>
>>> Billk
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Well, I have enabled everything I could find from the Knoppix test
>and
>> it still does not work.  I'm likely going to just try to config a
>kernel
>> from scratch later on.  That or go back to the one from my old mobo
>and
>> just change the chipset.  See if that works.
>>
>> Thanks for the help.  I'll post updates when I can.  I may be pretty
>> busy for a few days.  Could be a bit.
>>
>> Dale
>>
>> :-)  :-)
>>
>
>Update.  I did some googling and found out that I have to add "
>iommu=pt" to the kernel command line.  When I do that, it works fine.
>It seems that this mobo doesn't play well with 64 bit Linux.  Some even
>said it appears to be a windoze only mobo.  So, my question is this.  I
>just spent $120 on a mobo that it appears it doesn't work up to its
>full
>value.  Should I swap this mobo for another board, brand to most
>likely,
>and be done with it?  I like my last Gigabyte mobo but if this one
>isn't
>going to support what I use, maybe I need to rethink this selection.
>
>What are the thoughts of some mobo gurus?   I bought it from newegg so
>return shouldn't be to big of a issue if I get this started pretty
>soon.  I'll check for BIOS updates but the posts I found said it didn't
>help a bit.
>
>Thoughts?
>
>Dale
>
>:-)  :-)
>
>--
>I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood
>or how you interpreted my words!

Of the general consensus is that it is a ms windows only board. Then I would return it.

I have had good experiences with ASUS and Tyan boards. The latter are more expensive, but Tyan does officially support Linux. (The Linux driver section is as easy to find as the ms windows driver section.)

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