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I my (insert mainboard/nic/disk subsystem here) supported?

April 26, 2017disk insert mainboard NIC subsystem supported

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I my (insert mainboard/nic/disk subsystem here) supported?

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• Mainboards: Every currently available amd64 mainboard should work with pure64; If you want to run sarge on it, you will probably archive the best results with an older VIA or AMD based board, due to the old kernel found in the sarge installer. Nforce4 based boards are likely to not run with the sarge installer, as SIS and ATI boards are neither. You should use the etch installer on those and install the newest kernel from backports.org on those boxes, if you want to run sarge on them. SIS boards are likely to cause the most trouble. • Most network interface cards should work out of the box; nforce4 onboard nics (forcedeth) will not work with the sarge installer, neither will newer Marvell/Yukon (skge) NICs. • Most Sata/scsi/pata drivers should work; the sarge installer does not know about newer nforce4/sis/ati chipsets, so you will probably end without DMA or without disks at all. dpt_i2o scsi hosts are supported using the i2o drivers; newer 3ware 95xx and mpt/fusion need a recent ke