[ILUG-BOM] Need help/advice for GNU/Linux supported Mother Boards/Chipsets

[Sudhir Gandotra]

On Sun, 2007-02-04 at 14:38 +0530, Dinesh Shah wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Thanks to inputs from the G/LUGers and little search on the web, I
> have zeroed on MSI - K8MM-V MoBo.
> 
> Just received the MoBo from the hardware vendor and got it wired.
> 
> I am able to boot Ubuntu 5.10 (AMD-64) Live CD and all critical
> components (LAN, VGA, Audio) worked out of the box. SATA is not
> detected. In fact, writing this mail from Ubuntu 5.10 Live CD.
> 
> Here is the o/p of 'lspci'.
> 
> 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 0204
> 0000:00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 1204
> 0000:00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 2204
> 0000:00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 3204
> 0000:00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 4204
> 0000:00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 7204
> 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI bridge [K8T800 South]
> 0000:00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA
> RAID Controller (rev 80)
> 0000:00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc.
> VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
> 0000:00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB
> 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
> 0000:00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB
> 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
> 0000:00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB
> 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
> 0000:00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB
> 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
> 0000:00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
> 0000:00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [K8T800 South]
> 0000:00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.
> VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)
> 0000:00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102
> [Rhine-II] (rev 78)
> 0000:00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
> 0000:00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
> 0000:00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
> 0000:00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
> 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.:
> Unknown device 3108 (rev 01)
> 
> Many devices are detected as unknown.
> 
> Now I will hunt and try other distros and see how things work. I will
> keep you posted on my progress. Once, I have more details, I will post
> it on the Wiki.
> 
> So far, MSI - K8MM-V seems promising and seems the right choice.
> 
> With regards,
> -- 
> --Dinesh Shah :-)
> 

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