On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 12:53:29AM -0400, Colin wrote > Finally! I have a working install of Linux 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 on a > Pentium II machine that I plan to use as a portable media center. > (Think of it as an iPod on steroids.)
It's probably OK if you intend to run only audio, but video might be a problem. I finally found an excuse to look for a replacement for my 1999-vintage Dell (450 mhz PIII with 128 megs of RAM). I find that mplayer has problems keeping up with 45 kbit/sec "internet TV" streams. You mentioned that your USB is painfully slow. A PII-vintage machine would not have been built with USB 2. It didn't exist back then. You have USB 1.1 at best, i.e. just over 1 megabyte/second. You're *NOT* going to get faster speeds by changing the filesystem on the key or media. The main bottleneck is your old USB hardware. The PII probably would have problems keeping up with USB 2 throughput as well. -- Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An infinite number of monkeys pounding away on keyboards will eventually produce a report showing that Windows is more secure, and has a lower TCO, than linux. -- [email protected] mailing list
