[OpenIndiana-discuss] fishing for suggestions for new motherboard

[Tim Mooney]

In regard to: [OpenIndiana-discuss] fishing for suggestions for new...:

> I'm long overdue to build out a new x86/x64 system to run (primarily) 
> OpenIndiana on, and I looking for comments and suggestions from others who 
> have recently done the same.

I can't really help you for hardware suggestions, since what I'm using
as my OI workstation is now a couple years old and was a complete Dell
system, rather than just a motherboard like you're looking for.

You've probably already thought of both of these things, but I'll
mention them anyway:

- watch out for motherboards that only have USB3.  That currently won't
   work on OI, so be sure you find one that has some USB2 with a chip
   that's supported.

- you mentioned graphics and I think you're on the right track, but do
   you care about audio?  That can be as hard to get working as video,
   though non-functioning audio isn't always the show-stopper that
   non-functioning video would be.

Good luck, and be sure you report back on what works (and anything that
doesn't) once you find a system.

Tim
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