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Does IS7 work well with kernel 2.4.21?

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docinthebox

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I need to buy a mobo to run linux and I'm thinking about the IS7. I understand that the new 2.4.21 kernel has ICH5 support. Is anyone running the IS7 with 2.4.21 and can you comment on how well it works?

Thanks.
 
I loaded Mandrake 9.1(kernel 2.4.21) on mine and it does not support either the Springdale or Canterwood chipsets. I found a development 2.5 kernel that would work if you compiled it in.
I would suggest a motherboard with the 845 chipset. I had good luck with an ASUS P4B533.
 
I read in this newsgroup article that you have to set the following kernel configuration options for the 2.4.21 kernel to recognize the ICH5 IDE controller:

* Generic PCI IDE Chipset Support (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_GENERIC)
* Generic PCI bus-master DMA support (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI)
* Use PCI DMA by default when available (CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO)
* Intel PIIXn chipsets support (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX)

See if that solves your problem.
 
I didn't have a problem installing Mandrake 9.1. It used several
settings by default that permitted it to boot and run OK. I was more concerned with the dual channel DDR which I don't think it supported. I really couldn't figure how to confirm either yea or nay what features of the 865 chipset were being utilized. Anyway, I moved Mandrake to an i820 system and all is well there.
 
I just noticed on linuxiso.org that the beta version of RH10 came out last Monday:

link

This has kernel 2.4.21. Maybe it's worth a try. I'm going to give it a try when my IS7 arrives.
 
Please post how it goes. Another reason I moved Linux was no support for the integrated 3com 3c940 chip and Realtek audio wouldn't configure either, at least for Mandrake.
 
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