You should be fine with any distribution shipping a 2.6 kernel.
On 12/11/06, Brian Gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
What Linux version is going to pick up those SATA drives on installation. XP requires the drivers on a floppy at the start. I did load all the latest board drivers, per a earlier email. Half of these peripherals are scrounged parts, so they are unreliable. I will put some better parts in this system. I got the PCMark free version. It provides a lot of detail. It wants to have some extras added: ActiveX 9, Media Player 10, etc. I let it load ActiveX 9. Should I go for the whole enchilada or what? Think the commercial version is worth $19.99? Brian Mr O wrote: > 3DMark is mainly for graphics though it'll push your CPU a > litte. PCMark is for general benchmarking. 7byte makes a program > called HotCPU which will stress the CPU for as long as you like > running calculations. I had another one at some point but have > since lost it. memtest86 for memory testing since that is best > done outside the OS (especially Windows). Crucial is lifetime > warrany if you find it to be your problem. > > Get all your latest drivers updates and BIOS too. Be sure to > install the proper Via 4in1 driver which may help with some > issues. > > That be all, > Mr O. > > > --- Brian Gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Oops! Spoke too soon. System reboot while playing a DVD! >> >> This DVD combo has been flaky in other systems and I'm >> concerned about >> that crucial memory. On the whole I think things will be ok. >> I've got >> to get some benchmarking utility in here. 3DMark2000, is that >> a good >> one for XP or what are you using? >> > > >>>> Tech Specs: >>>> P4 2.0 GHz / 512/ 400 >>>> SOYO SY-P4VTP MB >>>> 768 MB PC3200 RAM (2 Samsung 256 MB, 1 Crucial 256 MB) >>>> Matrox G550 AGP >>>> (2) Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 80 GB SATA HDD >>>> 8 GB WD IDE HDD: IDE 1 (Unplugged) >>>> CDROM: IDE 2 (Master) >>>> CDRW / DVD combo: IDE 2 (Slave) >>>> Antec True Power II 380 W PSU >>>> >>>> >> _______________________________________________ >> EUGLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug >> >> > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Cheap talk? > Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. > http://voice.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
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