Linux-Hardware Digest #764, Volume #9 Fri, 19 Mar 99 19:14:24 EST
Contents:
Re: Linux, Linksys PCMCIA, Fujitsu 420D (John Strange)
Re: Recommend Fast Ethernet Card (Colin)
Re: Even innocent people need privacy (Leo Cambilargiu)
Mwave For Linux Project
linux using soundblaster livewant ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Pentium III Boycott and survey info ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Is Windows for idiots? (Re: X munges the graphics card?) (Jason V. Robertson~)
Changing the ethernet driver ("Joe Cloutier")
Modem problems with a Diamond SupraExpress. Can dial but recieving VERY slow!! (Dan)
Re: Linux setup on Alpha ("James Raymondo")
Linux PCs as servers (Ali Hussein)
Re: Migrating RH Linux 5.2 to new hard drive (Scott)
Re: (RESOLVED) Booting without a keyboard ("Tom Emerson")
Re: AMD-K6 [B], >32MB, Linux and dmesg (Daniel Bowkley)
Re: Red Hat vs. Calder nic ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: USR Courier V. Everything (Andrew Comech)
Re: How do I get my soundcard working??? (Andy Johnstone)
Re: CD mount error ("George Georgakis")
Re: CD music....HELP! (Ben Bos)
Re: Asus Riva TNT on Red Hat 5.0 (Hurricane) (Elbert Clarke)
Re: $2500.00 DREAM machine (Donovan Rebbechi)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Strange)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux, Linksys PCMCIA, Fujitsu 420D
Date: 19 Mar 1999 18:06:19 GMT
You might look around here.
http://www.linksys.com/support/solution/nos/linux.htm
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers
Brian Justice ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: All,
: Hello. I've got RH 5.2 on a Fujitsu 420D notebook, and am
: trying to get the Linksys 10/100 PCMCIA Ethernet card to work.
: The cardmgr identifies the card just fine, assigns it an unused
: interrupt (10), and the eth0 interface starts. Problem is, I can't
: get anywhere on the NW. Ping anything, and I get 'network
: unreachable'.
: I believe my routing tables are fine (they're equivalent to my
: desktop, on the same NW). Would anyone care to cat out their
: /etc/pcmcia/config so I can see what yours looks like? Should I
: be using the Tulip driver for this beast? I've tried, and get
: 'device or resource busy' trying to load the module. Any ideas.
: As usual, thanks for the help.
: Brian Justice
: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
: replace com with mil to email please
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From: Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Recommend Fast Ethernet Card
Date: 19 Mar 1999 22:53:37 GMT
Jon Slater wrote:
>
> Can anyone recommend a fast PCI Ethernet card for Linux?
>
Well, chances are that any recent Fast Ethernet card you buy nowadays will
work with Linux. I have a D-Link DFE-530TX card and it works fine.
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From: Leo Cambilargiu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Even innocent people need privacy
Date: 19 Mar 1999 22:53:44 GMT
I agree with this idea COMPLETELY. If the idea that people do wrong is a
good enough excuse to violate our privacy, and the attitude that if we do
nothing wrong is an excuse for us not to complain, then the violation of
our privacy has nothing to do with being right or wrong. Just someone
elses interest.
The minds behind the observation systems are simply motivated by self
interest, regardless of right or wrong. If you toss money at the man, he
will jump straight into bed.
LCamBilARgiu
On Fri, 19 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> There's this attitude that if you're not doing anything wrong, then you
> shouldn't worry about lack of privacy. That's wrong; here are examples.
>
> - Do you want potential thieves to know that you're going on vacation?
> Do you want them to be able to find what alarm company you subscribe to,
> if any?
>
> - Do you want your competitor to know about the product you're developing,
> or the employee you're thinking of hiring? In fact, executives who
> fly private planes are now bitching about a public database that lets you
> type in the number of a plane and retrieve its current flight path.
>
> - Are you so sure that you're innocent? Here's what local police often
> do to trap men in alleged rape cases. The woman says it was rape; the man
> says it was consensual. The police are quite sympathetic to the man, and
> ask him to describe what actually happened, in great detail. Then they
> charge him with sodomy in addition to rape. Since he admitted to sodomy,
> which is often still illegal but few people know that, he hasn't a chance,
> even if the sex was consensual.
>
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Crossposted-To:
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Subject: Mwave For Linux Project
Date: 19 Mar 1999 22:54:42 GMT
Hi,
Have you got an IBM Thinkpad or Aptiva with an
Mwave Soundcard and want to run Linux?
Maybe you would like to contribute to the native
Mwave driver project?
The Mwave Project for Linux has the answers.
http://www.flexion.org/mwave/
* Native Mwave driver project - NEW!
[HELP REQUIRED]
* Forum for Mwave/Linux Users - NEW!
* How to enable Sound Blaster Pro 3.1
Emulation under Linux
* Updated for 2.0.x and 2.2.x kernels.
* Improved layout and easy to follow.
* No Windows 3.x/95 or 98 required.
We look forward to your visit!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: linux using soundblaster livewant
Date: 19 Mar 1999 22:53:41 GMT
want to hear music on linux with soundblaster live? ok but you must have a
dos/win95 partition on your HD,with sblive installed... and LOADLIN installed
on it also... now, you can find and execute under dos/win95 a sblive tool
named SBECFG.EXE it will give you the right config to put in the kernel. (my
config is port=240,irq=9,dma=0,7 and mpu401=330. when done, go to linux and
compile the kernel with SOUNDvalidated,SB16validated, DEV/AUDIOvalidated, and
PARAMETERS put 240/9/0/7/330/-1. now you can reboot on dos,looking on screen
that SB16 emulation is validated. finally, launch linux from dos LOADLIN
(look at the doc for whats LOADLIN). you can now play a cd with KDE cdplayer
(i am on suse 6 linux). playing the game galaga, the sound isnt there,
somebody knows why ??? for now i can only play a music cd, but if anybody
knows something more, TELL ME! good luck! chris geneva switzerland
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Pentium III Boycott and survey info
Date: 19 Mar 1999 22:53:09 GMT
Errrrr...
We heard you the first 5 times, thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jason V. Robertson~)
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Is Windows for idiots? (Re: X munges the graphics card?)
Date: 19 Mar 1999 22:55:29 GMT
In article <7csvce$iap$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Rene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>I would never be so cruel as to throw a rank beginner to the mercies
>>of the unix command line. But anyone who tries to do serious work
>>with Windows or Mac is kidding himself.
>
>Sorry, but this is - how shall I put it without hurting you - foolish.
>Especially, since you included the Mac into a non-serious-worker
>operating system. There are a lot of reasons to use Linux, but this
>one is not among them.
It's beyond foolish - it's idiotic. Windows and MacOS are OS's. Most people
who do real work use these things called 'applications' to do so. The OS is
basically just a tool to load the applications as far as people who do 'real
work' are concerned. In fact, due to the abundance of applications available
for Windows (and in certain areas, the Mac) more people do 'real work' on
either of these OS's than with any other OS.
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From: "Joe Cloutier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Changing the ethernet driver
Date: 19 Mar 1999 22:54:29 GMT
I have an EtherExpress Pro\10+ loaded on my computer. It worked just fine
under 2.0.36, but it loaded the eepro driver. Now that I have upgraded to
2.2.3 it doesn't work but it is loading the eepro100 driver. I think this
my problem but I cannot find out either how to load the eepro back on
instead or what the parameter list is for the eepro100 to get it to work.
With the eepro I had to use these lines in my conf.modules file...
alias eth0 eepro
options eepro iox0x210 irq=11
When I enter these into the eepro100 it tell me io is an invalid parameter.
Can anyone help?
Thanks in advance,
Joe Cloutier
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From: Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Modem problems with a Diamond SupraExpress. Can dial but recieving VERY
slow!!
Date: 19 Mar 1999 22:53:29 GMT
This is the problem. My modem is detected at boot time and I have done all
of the pnpdump to isapnp.conf stuff and I have also done a setserial on my
com3, which is where the modem is located. I can get it to dial into my
isp, but when it connects, it recieves like 4-5 characters every 10 seconds
or so. After so much time, the connection is dropped I assume because of
timeout on the isp end. I don't understand!!! I am dialing using kppp.
Also I used setserial to get out any irq conflicts I think. I don't
understand what is going on. Can ANYONE help??? PLEASE!!! Thanks.
Dan
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From: "James Raymondo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.alpha,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Linux setup on Alpha
Date: 19 Mar 1999 22:53:16 GMT
You have to build boot floppies from your cdrom
Headley Sappleton wrote in message
<7clmdq$lna$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Can someone who may have installed Red Hat Linux on a Alpha Multia box help
>me?
>
>I am not getting anywhere with this. I added an external SCSI box with a
>hard drive and CDROM.
>
>Nothing seems to happen when i put in the RH booth disk into the multia
>
>
>
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From: Ali Hussein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux PCs as servers
Date: 19 Mar 1999 22:53:14 GMT
I would like to know the best way to run an Internet web site which uses
Linux, the Apache Web server, Mysql database server, PERL language, and
running sendmail as a mail server.
The server should be able to handle about 10,000 users simultaneously, both
in terms of throughput and processing power. The server should also be as
stable as possible, with built in redundancy of some sort.
I have thought of the following options, but I'm no expert so I could
really do with someone out there who knows what they're doing to give me
some advice.
1. Get a dedicated server (SPARC , Alpha, etc.) running Linux and install
the everything onto this one server. This sounds good, however, what would
happen if this fell down?
2. Get several PC servers and link them together, distribute the database
and web server loads across these servers, and that way if one falls down,
the others will act as a backup and everything should remain as normal.
This seems to be at least a cheaper solution, though I'm not entirely sure
of the technicalities in sharing the database + web server across several
machines.
This is basically all I know so far, though I'm sure that's not all there
is to it. If anybody knows any good newsgroups/web sites etc. I should look
at for this kind of thing, that would be greatly appreciated.
My thanks in advance to anyone who can help.
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From: Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Migrating RH Linux 5.2 to new hard drive
Date: 19 Mar 1999 22:53:38 GMT
Denton wrote:
>
> Greg Waugh wrote in message
> >I thought I would do a cp -a * (or
> >a few with correct tmp mount points), then boot from a floppy with the new
> >HD as root and run LILO, but I'm fuzzy on how to set up the /proc and /dev
> >filesystem.... and if there are going to be any issues with the swap
> >space... Thanks everyone! Any help would be very appreciated!
>
> Don't use the 'cp' command for this task. I can't remember the reason, but
> it has something to do with changing permissions or messing up links (I will
Actually if you use ip with the -a option, it tries to keep as much of
the structure as possible. It worked for me, when I moved to a new
drive.
> research it and get back to you as to what happens). There is no reason to
> write or use some bloated program, such as DiskCopy. One has already been
> written for unix/linux, the 'tar' command.
>
> tar cvpf `/` | (cd <new drive>; tar xvpf `/`)
>
> The filename `/` should work, but you'll have to experiment. Make sure the
> new drive is mounted and use the mount point as the destination.
>
> Jeff
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From: "Tom Emerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: (RESOLVED) Booting without a keyboard
Date: 19 Mar 1999 22:53:53 GMT
You realize your solution is as much a "HACK" as anything else -- while it
gets around the problem you're having, it could prove to be the source of
future errors if this gets incorporated into the main body of the code. I
think the fundamental presumption noted in the comment (i.e., that if the
keyboard hangs, the system isn't usable anyway) needs to be addressed and a
"proper" fix implemented
Phil Snowdon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> I did have a problem in getting a linux system to boot when the
> keyboard was not attached.
...
> There is a problem in the Linux boot code, namely the loop
>
> ! This routine checks that the keyboard command queue is empty
> ! (after emptying the output buffers)
> !
> ! No timeout is used - if this hangs there is something wrong with
> ! the machine, and we probably couldn't proceed anyway.
[code & hack snipped -- hack is to ignore error condition and simply return
from the subroutine instead of jumping back to the top of the loop and
trying again]
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From: Daniel Bowkley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AMD-K6 [B], >32MB, Linux and dmesg
Date: 19 Mar 1999 22:54:20 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hello,
I've got an AMD K6-200, though I know not which version. I successfully
ran 2.0.34, and now 2.2.2, with no problems (and 64Mb of [gag me!] fast
page ram). Of course, I'm not really sure which revision of the K6 I've
got, though I'm totally satisfied with it so far. Barring any serious
bug reports, I'm probably going to get the K6-2/350 fairly soon.
Dan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Red Hat vs. Calder nic
Date: 19 Mar 1999 22:54:57 GMT
Hello
During installation you cannot configure the NIC. Therefore after complete
installation follow the procedure given below.
1. Execute the command "insmod tlan" at the prompt. 2. Execute the command
"netconf" at the prompt. 3. Configure the NIC by selecting the "Basic Host
Information option" and entering the IP Address, Netmask, Net device as eth0
and Kernal as tlan. 4. Select the "Gateway and routing" option from main menu
and fill in the detail of Gateway address and without fail enable the Gateway
option. 5. Accept the changes and exit from utility. 6. If you are installing
Redhat Linux 5.0 or 5.1 add the line "insmod tlan" in
/etc/rc.d/init/d/network. 7. To confirm about the configuration execute the
command "ifconfig -a" which will display the details of your NIC configured.
Regards
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
John Heppner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am installing red hat linux on a compaq 6000. Most of the drivers I
> need come with red hat. However the nic (netflex 10/100 by compaq) is
> not supported. Calder does have a driver for it. Can I get the driver
> and incorporate it into red hat? If so, how can I do it, else tell me
> what I can do.
>
> Please email me back at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Thank you kindly.
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Comech)
Subject: Re: USR Courier V. Everything
Date: 19 Mar 1999 22:54:32 GMT
In article <7cokt8$bnc$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Charles Sullivan wrote:
>Why don't you post the setup strings you are using in Windows and in Linux,
>then perhaps someone can spot something.
Let me add that this is just not possible that with the same INIT
string modem would connect at different speeds under different
operating systems.
Best,
Andrew
PS. By the way, the fact that you are connecting at 26400bps
could be caused by falling back to V.34 protocol (you are
using x2 instead of K56Flex or something like that). With
V.34 protocol, a modem is more perceptive to the noise of
the line, and falls to usually 26400bps. Well, this sounds
silly (I've read it somewhere on http://www.zoltrix.com),
but where my V.34 modem could do 26400, my K56Flex easily gives
above 45000bps. (I am positive that the V.34 modem was not a
black sheep, either.)
>
>G. Franklin McCullough wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>On Sun, 14 Mar 1999 23:04:42 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (G.
>>Franklin McCullough) wrote:
>>
>>>I installed Red Hat 5.2 recently and everything works great except my
>>>modem which is the USR Courier V. Everything. It is a 33.6 upgraded
>>>to 56K and V90. Works great under windows 95 with connect speeds up
>>>to 52000. Under Linux it will only connect at 26400. I would
>>>certainly appreciate any help from someone who has already went
>>>through this problem.
>>>thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Well, folks, tried about everything...............I still don't have
>>V90 or X2 enabled and can't find how or where to do it! I failed to
>>mention in my original post that the USR is a internal model. Perhaps
>>that has something to do with it.
>>I tried Linux several years ago and it made me a babbling idiot then
>>and either I have never recovered or it has done it to me again!!
>>
>
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From: Andy Johnstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do I get my soundcard working???
Date: 19 Mar 1999 22:54:14 GMT
Actually i just installed RH5.2 on someones system; all the devices he had were
detected by the setup programs, X worked right off the bat, it was able to find
the network card, and sndsetup said this is what you have let me test it.
Everythign went great.
Mike Schenk wrote:
> Gerard Thornley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes in comp.os.linux.hardware:
> >On 12 Mar 1999, Mike Schenk wrote:
> >
> >> Get back to Windows, Linux is just not for you.
> >
> >Is this really the kind of response that the linux comunity should be
> >giving to people who just don't understand computers.
>
> At the moment it is. After reading it again, I realize may response may
> sound like a flame, but it wasn't meant that way. The recent exposure of
> Linux to the general public has led many people to believe that they
> should absolutely use Linux because it is better. But which OS is
> better, depends on who is going to use it and for what reason. People
> not interested in details about computer hardware and software are at
> this time much better of with using Windows.
>
> >Is anyone working on a stable linux installation that is easier to
> >install and use by people who don't know their IRQs from their FTPs?
>
> Hopefully,
>
> Mike
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From: "George Georgakis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: CD mount error
Date: 19 Mar 1999 22:54:45 GMT
Try:
mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdb /cdrom
George
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Rich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<7csvq0$iap$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Hi
>
> Can anyone offer any advice, I keep getting this error whilst trying to
> install SuSE 6.0 Linux:
>
> An error occured mounting the CD. The error output of the mount command
is:
>
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdd
> or too many mounted file systems
>
> My Cdrom works with DOS/Win98 and it works with Linux during most of the
> installation. I have tried entering into YAST and
> configuring Installation Medium to IDE ATAPI but I get the same error
> message. I have noticed when my PC starts Linux it reconises the Maxtor
IDE
> hard drive as /dev/hda and the CDrom as /dev/hdb.
>
> Thank you
> Richard Booth
>
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ben Bos)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: CD music....HELP!
Date: 19 Mar 1999 22:54:05 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 17 Mar 1999 20:47:51 -0500, Eric Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello Folks!!!
>
>I need someone's help.
>
>My soundcard is working fine, I am running a P-166 /w Red Hat Linux 5.2
>installed.
>
>I have OPL-SA3 intergrated sound card but can only configure it using
>Sound Blaster drivers with the following configuration :
>
>IRQ=5
>DMA=1 (at least one of the DMAs)
>IO=220
>
>I can play wav files without a problems.....MIDIs too...
>
>Only one problem : I cannot play ANY audio CDs....they play all
>right...but no music comes out of my speakers... Anyone have ANY tips?
>
>Thanks a whole bunch
>
>Eric
>
Try this:
$ cd /dev
$ ls -l cdrom
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Jan 26 02:43 cdrom -> hdc
$ ls -l hdc
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 22, 0 May 6 1998 hdc
Have root give 'other' the same permissions to the device as 'user' and
'group',
# chmod o+r+w /dev/hdc
and see if this works for you.
Cheers,
Ben
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From: elbertc**@home.com (Elbert Clarke)
Subject: Re: Asus Riva TNT on Red Hat 5.0 (Hurricane)
Date: 19 Mar 1999 22:54:10 GMT
Reply-To: elbertc**@home.com
also check out the bious update if you have a diamond card... viper
500. After the bious update and updating to xfree 3.3.3.1 the
xfree86setup util will auto probe your card and you're in business
On Thu, 18 Mar 1999 12:23:12 -0700, "Crusher!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>If your using Xfree, you'll need to update it to the latest version
>(3.3.3.1). Then just grab the SVGA Server off of their site
>(www.xfree86.org), and you should be all set. The SVGA Server supports all
>RivaTNT based cards in the 3.3.3.1 (and later) version.
>
>Hope that helps.
>
>
>
>
>
>qwerty wrote in message <7cr9gb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>Hi there!
>>
>>Does anyone know how to make a Riva TNT with 16MBs (Asus, Creative or
>>Diamond) graphics card work on Red Hat 5.0.
>>(I want to see more than 16 colours).
>>
>>
>>
>>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donovan Rebbechi)
Subject: Re: $2500.00 DREAM machine
Date: 19 Mar 1999 22:54:48 GMT
On Tue, 16 Mar 1999 20:11:44 -0500, dsyates wrote:
>I have got exactly $2500.00 to spend on a new Linux machine. I want the
>most (fastest) bang for my buck.
>I am looking fo advice on: processor (make /speed) , motherboard,
>SCSI/IDE/or UDMA, Monitor, video card, vid acclerator, soound card,
>removable media, etc
>Should I build it myself, or go through Varesearch, ASlabs,
>penguincomputing, Dell, or what?
I have a page which shows some sample quotes comparing linux vendors.
http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/linux/quotes.html
This is not a complete list, but a partial list which gives you some
idea of the market. I only include the vendors who offer lower prices.
About linux vendors: I know some people who reported
good experiences with SW technologies http://www.swt.com . I am
buying mine from tcu-inc ( http://www.tcu-inc.com ) because their prices
are better.
The advantage of going with Dell is that their warranty is generous,
their service doesn't suck too much, and they will be in business when
your warranty expires. The disadvantage is they don't support linux, and
their parts aren't brilliant under linux.
Buy the monitor seperately ( unless you buy from Dell, who throw in the
monitor at a discounted price when you buy a system ). It will be much
cheaper.
Motherboard:
You don't mention this, but it is more important than the CPU in many
ways, since it represents your "upgrade ceiling". If you go with an
intel CPU, make sure you get a BX based motherboard.
I'm buying a system and my choice is the ASUS P2B-F.
CPU:
Depends on what you are doing. I prefer to spend less on the CPU.
( eg I can put a P350 in my board, and upgrade to a PIII for about $200-
or so next year. )
Monitor:
This greatly effects what the budget for the rest of your system will
look like. Maybe you should start by having a good think about how much
you want to spend on the monitor and what kind of monitor do you want
( shadow mask or trinitron ? it's a religious question again ... )
There are a lot of trade offs here.
For example, a cheap 19" will cost less than a high end 17". Don't get
less than a good 17" (eg Sony GDM 200PS ) or a cheap 19"
( eg : Optiquest V95 ) for the monitor... ( JMHO ... )
You can get good prices on monitors from www.pricewatch.com
Video cards: Do you want:
(a) 3D accel on windows and linux ? ( not that many linux apps have 3d
acceleration ... )
(b) 3D accel on windows. No 3d accel on linux
(c) No 3D acceleration. Just a good 2D card.
My picks:
(a) The only 3d hardware accelerators that work with linux are the
Voodoo and voodoo2 cards ( such as Diaomond Monster I and II ).
Get this + a Matrox G200.
(b) Go with a TNT card such as a Diamond Viper V550 . Note that the
TNT card is the best choice if you get a Dell (IMO )
(c) Matrox G200. The Matrox cards are highly regarded as 2D cards.
Their main weakness is that their 3D performance is so-so ( unless used
in conjunction with a voodoo )
SCSI vs IDE :
Hmmm ... tough one. Religious question.
What are you going to be doing with this machine ?
if you plan to use a lot of storage devices ( eg CDROM + ZIP drive +
tape drive + 2 or more hard drives ) it's a no brainer ( SCSI!!! ). If
you want just one HD + a CDROM and don't plan to add anything , SCSI
seems less appealing unless you really need the extra speed.
You are probably going to find that SCSI really will cut into that
budget unless you're willing to settle for a smaller HD.
Removable media:
I have a parallel port zip. The ppa module in the 2.0.x kernels is
woefully out of date, so it is slow under linux. I use the ZIP drive
because my school have them so I can download over the campus T1. It's
handy for saving my downloads, but too small to be a serious backup
device.
Soundcard:
Linux doesn't do much , sound-wise. All the linux shops
seem to ship the Creative labs cards ( Soundblaster and friends )
My old Soundblaster 16 installed easily in linux. It's adequate for my
needs ( occasional game playing ) but hardly cutting-edge.
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