[lug] hardware compatibility note, core2 duo

Calvin Dodge caldodge at gmail.com
Mon Sep 11 16:17:59 MDT 2006


On 9/11/06, D. Stimits <stimits at comcast.net> wrote:
> Just thought I'd drop a "google-able" note (maybe that's tm'd now :P) on
> hardware which should be linux compatible, but is not.
>
> I've discovered that most of the newer core2 duo boards use a jmicron
> controller, which is listed as SATA2, but it also controls the IDE

I've heard the AM2 motherboards also have incompatibility problems
with Linux (according to Nicholas Petreley).  It sounds safest to
stick with the "old" motherboards for a little while longer.

Calvin



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