[Balug-talk] Will it run linux?

[Paul Mackinney]

David Alban declaimed:
> Greetings!
> 
> I'm considering a bare bones system
> (<http://www.aberdeeninc.com/abcatg/KIT7602b.HTM>) with a chaintech
> 7AJA2 motherboard and AMD Athlon 1.33 GHz processor.  I can find
> references on the web for chaintech 7AJA2E boards running with linux,
> but no such references for the 7AJA2.  Do I need to worry about this,
> since the processor itself is supported?
> 
> Aberdeen suggested I check the redhat and chaintech sites, which
> yielded no useful information on the 7AJA2.
> 
> Thanks!
> David
> -- 

I'm running a SOYO SY-7VMA-B motherboard, which also has no mention in
the documentation. Basic functionality with Linux is great, but no luck
so far with the extras:

- Built-in AGP video apparently conflicts with Matrox card in AGP slot,
	both want to be device 0 and I haven't resolved it yet.

- Haven't found drivers for built-in sound yet.

- BIOS does not let me adjust CPU-multiplier for overclocking,
	contradicting SOYO documentation :-(

- No support from SOYO

So the bottom line is that I'd expect your system to boot up just fine,
but integrated features like video/sound/scsi/LAN my require some
fussing around. If you have standard PCI cards for these functions, I'd
take the plunge.

If there's no history for this board in the Red Hat web site, I'd post
to one of their user groups.

HTH, Paul
-- 
Paul Mackinney
paul at mackinney.net