[TriLUG] Recommend a motherboard for Centos 5.X

[John Broome]

Bob Heath wrote:
> Dear friends,
> 
> I am trying to build a x86 type of machine using Centos 5.X.  I just had
> to return a motherboard because it did not support Centos. :(  Have any
> of you folks had any luck installing Centos 5.X on an x86 motherboard? 
> Could you recommend one for me to buy?
> 
> I would like it to have pretty decent performance so I am going to
> install a hardware RAID adapter.  I don't really want a soft Raid, but I
> can disable it if necessary.  I would like to get a motherboard with two
> PCI Express x16 PCI slots.


It would probably help if you let us know what on the mobo centos didn't
like.

I haven't had any issues with loading linux on modern hardware.