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Supported Linux* installations

Refer to the table below for a list of selected Linux* operating systems tested (installation only) on Intel® Desktop Boards.

Key Points:

  • No attempt has been made to test every available peripheral or software application.
  • Inclusion on the list should not be considered an endorsement by Intel.
  • Y = Default installation successful with OS disk only (no additional driver required)
  • N = Default installation failed with OS disk only
  • Blank = Not tested yet

Intel® Desktop Board

RHEL* 5.0 Desktop
(2.6.18-8.el5; SMP; i386)

Novell* SLED 10
(2.6.16.21-0.8-smp; i386)

Ubuntu* 7.10
(2.6.22-14; SMP; i386)

DG33BU

Y 1,2

N

Y

DG31PR

N 3

N

Y

DG965SS

Y 1,2

N

Y

DG965RY

Y 1,2

N

Y

DQ965GF

Y 1,2

N

Y

D955XBK

Y

Y

Y

D946GZIS

Y

Y

Y

D945GNT

Y

Y

Y

D945GCCR

Y

N

Y

D201GLY

Y

Y

Y

Notes:

1 Use SATA or USB Optical drive. IDE optical drive not detected during installation

2 Require workaround: Installation stops with error “probing PCI hardware bus 00”

3 Network controller not detected

Intel provides basic information on installing a few Linux distributions, such as Redhat*, SuSE* & Ubuntu* on Intel Desktop Boards. Information on the web is based on the results of operating system installation with default settings and simple workarounds for installation issues. No attempt has been made to test every available subsystem or software application.

Information on Linux support resources is provided on AS IS basis with no further responsibilities on fixing issues reported to Intel Customer Support. The support policy for Linux through phone and e-mail remains 'best effort’ or ‘no support’, depending on location.

LINUX NOTICE: All information and software contained herein is provided "AS IS" to Intel customers. Intel Corporation disclaims all express or implied warranties and liabilities for the use of this document, the software and the information contained herein, and assumes no responsibility for any errors which may appear in this document or the software, nor does Intel make a commitment to update the information or software contained herein. Intel reserves the right to make changes to this document or software at any time, without notice.



Operating System:
Linux*

This applies to:
Intel® Desktop Board D201GLY
Intel® Desktop Board D945GCCR
Intel® Desktop Board D945GNT
Intel® Desktop Board D946GZIS
Intel® Desktop Board D955XBK
Intel® Desktop Board DG31PR
Intel® Desktop Board DG33BU
Intel® Desktop Board DG965RY
Intel® Desktop Board DG965SS
Intel® Desktop Board DQ965GF

Solution ID: CS-028649
Date Created: 11-Dec-2007
Last Modified: 10-Apr-2008
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