Page 1 of 1
I think I found my linux box
Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2003 3:52 pm
by DoPeY5007
Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2003 4:57 pm
by plucky duck
That does look sweet. Where's the opening for the 3 and 1/2" floppy bay though? Only 1 Dimm slot? What chipset does it use? Does it have an AGP slot?
Very compact indeed
Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2003 5:52 pm
by DoPeY5007
Specifications:
Supports: Intel P4/Celeron up to 3.06 GHz
System bus frequency at 533MHz
Chipset: Intel 845 GV
Memory: 1x DDR Slot Up to 1 GB
Onboard Video: Onboard AGP
Onboard LAN: Realtek 10/100Network card
Onboard Sound: AC'97
Ports 4xUSB(2 front 2 rear)2xCOM,1xLPT,2xPS2, and audio Ports (front and rear)
for doing a http server with it I don't need AGP, I havent used a floppy in years
Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2003 2:19 pm
by nero wolfe
problems u will find if your not using Red Hat or Mandrake you will not beable to enjoy sound or the using that on board nic unless you work for it. In slackware it doesnt love on board anything so my onboard lan didnt work with it. Now mandrake on the other hand as well as red hat didnt really care but as far as the "Learning Linux" part of the whole experence of getting linux you really wont learn alot using RH or the Drake. You would be better off with Slackware, Freebsd, or if your really sick and wanna crash course in linux try gentoo.
Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2003 2:40 pm
by Busby
Debian is probably one of the best distributions to use to learn Linux. It has packages (like RPMs but not) but also requires compiling some software.
Nero: When running a HTTP server generally you don't use sound and the onboard NIC should be an easy install, as long as you get the right driver and most distributions do include a list of drivers that vary. And since it's a Realtek it should be easy as pie.
Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2003 3:28 pm
by DoPeY5007
yeah, the sound isn't important... Just the Nic...
and this will be my first experiment with linux....
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2003 5:25 am
by nero wolfe
Originally posted by Busby
Nero: When running a HTTP server generally you don't use sound and the onboard NIC should be an easy install, as long as you get the right driver and most distributions do include a list of drivers that vary. And since it's a Realtek it should be easy as pie.
I am just saying that i loaded Linux Os's on many pc's and the onces with onboard lans never worked unless i had red hat or Mandrake. Even the .bz's and .rpm's wouldnt get them to work like they were suppose to. I even loaded it on my pc that has onboard lan and it wouldnt let me use it even when i recompled my kernal and loaded the drivers.
