Linux-Hardware Digest #276, Volume #14 Tue, 30 Jan 01 19:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: A new driver for Netgear fa311 netcard working on RedHat Linux 7 + kernel 2.4
("Keith Wheeler")
Re: Problems with CDRDAO (Young4ert)
Need Help On Asus K7M Audio Setup (Young4ert)
Genius GF4050 Hub card (Peter Riggs)
Re: SBC Project ("Keith Wheeler")
Re: Athlon motherboard suggestions (with RH 7.0) ("Keith Wheeler")
adaptec (Tom Hamilton)
Are satmodems supported in linux?? (mazzo)
Re: Unwanted Power Saving Under 2.4.0 (Jim Newton)
Re: adaptec ("D. Stimits")
Re Changing Monitor (Mark W Carey)
Re: Help me build a Monster Machine ("D. Stimits")
Re: Laptops ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Help me build a Monster Machine ("Ted Weldon")
o/s installation trouble ("B. Borg")
Re: Laptops ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Help: What type is my SCSI adaptor (UMAX 600S, DTCT-436P chip)? (henk van der
knaap)
Re: Help me build a Monster Machine ("Steve Wolfe")
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From: "Keith Wheeler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A new driver for Netgear fa311 netcard working on RedHat Linux 7 + kernel
2.4
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 13:45:25 -0700
Yan,
Thank you, no. I pulled it down from the other NG where you posted it.
Yes, they both use National Semiconductor chips from the same family. There
is supposedly a generic natsemi.c module included in the 2.4.0 kernel, but I
could never get it to work. Netgear ships the same driver disk with both the
FA-311 and FA-312, so my hope is your driver may work.
Thanks, dude. I'll try to let you know if I get it working.
KW
Yan Deng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:DaEd6.20$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi Keith,
>
> I do not have the FA312 netcard and did not test my new driver with FA312.
> I know FA311 is very different from FA310, but I do not know if FA312
> is "similiar" to FA311.
>
> If you still want to try to test my new driver with your FA312, please
tell
> me( then I will send it to you )
>
> Yan Deng
>
> Keith Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:956pa2$10gi$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Yan,
> >
> > I assume the answer to this is "yes", but would this also work with the
> > FA-312? I'll test it if you think it will work with FA-312's. That's
what
> I
> > have.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > KW
> >
> >
> >
> > Yan Deng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > Hi guys,
> > >
> > > I bought a Netgear netcard fa311 and installed it and its dirver on my
> > > RedHat Linux6.0. It worked well.
> > >
> > > After I upgraded RedHat Linux6.0 to RedHat 7.0 ( whose kernel
> > > is 2.2.16-22 ), it did not work. Then I upgraded the linux kernel
> > > from 2.2.16-22 to 2.4 , and modified the source file fa311.c that
> > > Netgear company provides with the netcard and made a new driver
> > > for the fa311 netcard working on RedHat Linux 7.0+ kernel 2.4.
> > >
> > > Does someone who needs a new driver for fa311 want to try to
> > > use it(free)?
> > >
> > > If you have questions, please feel free to ask me.
> > >
> > > Yan Deng
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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From: Young4ert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problems with CDRDAO
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 21:33:52 GMT
I had had all kind of problems trying to write CDR on my Acer CDRW (6206A
and 8432). Now, since I have replaced these two CDRW with an IOmega
12x10x32, I have had not problem at all. I heard that the IOmega 12x10x32
is actually manufactured by Plextor and its firmware can be upgraded with
the Plextor one. However, I have seen any proof of that. May be, someone
who reads this response will like to comment and give some pointer in this
matter.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello
>
> I recently started having problems burning CD's
> with CDRDAO.
>
> The only thing I can link to the problem is
> upgrading my kernel from 2.2.16 to 2.2.18.
>
> The problems I'm getting are
> 1. The tray will lock for hours at a time, then
> unlock
> 2. There is static mixed in with the music.
>
> Im using an IDE CDRW, HP CD Writer plus
> Im burning with the generic-mmc-raw driver and
> using version 1.1.14 of cdrdao
>
> Could anyone help? Is it just the kernel version?
> or is something else wrong?
>
>
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From: Young4ert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Need Help On Asus K7M Audio Setup
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 21:39:01 GMT
Hi,
Has anyone had successfully configured the Audio system on the Asus K7M
mobo, particularly the SoundBlaster part? When I compiled the kernel with
soundblaster enable, and append="sb=0x220,5,0,1", dmesg showed the
following warnings:
#####
Soundblaster audio driver Copyright (C) by Hannu Savolainen 1993-1996
sb: No ISAPnP cards found, trying standard ones...
<Sound Blaster Pro (8 BIT ONLY) (3.02)> at 0x220 irq 5 dma 0,1
This sound card may not be fully Sound Blaster Pro compatible.
In many cases there is another way to configure OSS so that
it works properly with OSS (for example in 16 bit mode).
Please ignore this message if you _really_ have a SB Pro.
YM3812 and OPL-3 driver Copyright (C) by Hannu Savolainen, Rob Hooft
1993-1996
Via 686a audio driver 1.1.14a
PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:04.5
via82cxxx: timeout while reading AC97 codec (0xAA0000)
ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec, id: 0x4144:0x5340 (Analog Devices AD1881)
via82cxxx: board #1 at 0xD800, IRQ 10
#####
and also the following errors:
#####
Sound Blaster: DSP command(40) timeout.
Sound Blaster: DSP command(d1) timeout.
Sound Blaster: DSP command(48) timeout.
Sound Blaster: unable to start DAC.
Sound: DMA (output) timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error?
Sound Blaster: DSP command(40) timeout.
Sound Blaster: DSP command(d1) timeout.
Sound Blaster: DSP command(48) timeout.
Sound Blaster: unable to start DAC.
#####
I certainly can appreciate if you can help in this matter.
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From: Peter Riggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Genius GF4050 Hub card
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 21:57:38 GMT
Has anyone got any experience of this card under Linux.
I have noticed a problem with data transfers being slower in one
direction through the hub than in the reverse direction.
I'm not talking of a slight difference, I'm getting from 200K to 80M
bits/sec (1M to 3M bits/sec being the norm) in one direction and 65M to
85M bits/sec in the reverse direction.
Has anyone come-across/sorted-out this.
Cheers,
peter.
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From: "Keith Wheeler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SBC Project
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 14:04:13 -0700
Chris,
Looks real cool, dude. One suggestion. How about adding a PCMCIA slot? Then
you could add PCMCIA hard disks, modems, memory, etc.
Just a thought. A picture like the LART unit you referenced would be cool.
Good Luck,
KW
Christian Beaumont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hey, I'm working on a SBC project based on ARM 920T core which will
> hopefully end up with a cool and cheap small thing that is networkable. I
> would love comments if anyone can spare the time. You can find a bit more
> about it over at my recently hatched web site http://beatbuggy.net
>
> cheers,
> -chris
>
>
>
>
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From: "Keith Wheeler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Athlon motherboard suggestions (with RH 7.0)
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 14:07:46 -0700
Serge,
Suggest you go to www.google.com and do a search on A7V, ATA100, and Linux.
I've been prodded by some of my Linux friends to write a mini HowTo on my
success with RH 7, the Asus A7V, and the 2.2.18 kernel. I may do that
shortly, when I have a free moment. ;-)
Good Luck,
KW
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:954hkj$bpb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> HI
>
> We've got an athlon 700 running ATA 100 under RHT 7 and we've had
> nothing but problems.
>
> error #1
>
> wouldn't recognize hardware / Hard drive
>
> loaded ide commands from this guys site
> http://www.geocities.com/ender7007/
>
> very useful but now we are getting error
>
> unable to mount root fs on 21:08
>
> as you might guess we are not technical enough to get around this
> string of problems...any suggestions?
>
> TIA
>
> serge
>
> In article <94sf26$dm0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Keith Wheeler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Anthony,
> >
> > I am using an Asus A7V motherboard with the Athlon 1000 Thunderbird.
> I built
> > this to be a Linux box. Never intended it to dual boot into any other
> OS.
> >
> > RH 7 would not initially install as it did not "see" my IBM 45GB
> ATA100
> > drive on the Promise controller. So I moved it over to the onboard
> VIA ATA66
> > controller and RH installed no problem.
> >
> > From there I played with the 2.4.0 kernel, but ended up going with the
> > 2.2.18 kernel and adding the Hedrick 12/21/00 patches for ATA100.
> That's
> > been stable now for over a day.
> >
> > Not sure if the A7V will go up to the 1.2GHz Athlon. But I do know
> you want
> > to go with IBM ATA100 drives. They seem to have the lowest problems on
> > ATA100 (like none) of all the drives out there.
> >
> > Good Luck,
> > KW
> >
> > Anthony Pioli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:Gr5c6.45999$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I am going to upgrade my computer with a new CPU, motherboard, and
> HD.
> > >
> > > I want the fastest CPU around (within reason), and so a 1.2Ghz
> Athlon
> > > seems to be a good choice for the price. So, which motherboard
> > > do you recommend for this CPU? I will mostly be running a desktop
> machine
> > > at this point, but I want a fast one (I don't like to wait for g++
> to
> > > finish!)
> > >
> > > Also, what HD is good? I had thought that SCSI was what I wanted,
> but now
> > > I am thinking ATA 100 will be fine. I kinda like the IBM drives
> simply
> > > because they seem quiet! I'm under the impression that RH7.0 does
> > > not like the promise controller, but so long as it works without a
> fuss on
> > > a simple install of the OS, I'll be happy to wait till it is
> supported (in
> > > RH7.1?)
> > > or I get the energy to play with newer drivers my self.
> > >
> > > My main goal is a highly capable machine, perhaps initially with
> lower
> > > performance due to RH7.0 not supporting it fully, but with the
> knowledge
> > > that
> > > in about 3 months(?) RH7.1 will support it.
> > >
> > > I know that these are vague-ish requirements, so just a gut feeling,
> > > your own experiences, etc, will be fine to get me started
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > > Anthony
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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From: Tom Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: adaptec
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 17:06:08 -0500
I have a chance to get an adaptec 29160N controller. How do I know if my
distribution of Caldera 2.4 desktop support it, it seems like a new product
thanks
tom
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From: mazzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Are satmodems supported in linux??
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 22:08:47 GMT
Hi i just wanted to know if satmodems are in someway supported by linux....
If yes...what type or model...
Thanks.....
--
***********************
I use Slack 7
Change to Linux......
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Newton)
Subject: Re: Unwanted Power Saving Under 2.4.0
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 22:08:26 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 29 Jan 2001 16:51:45 -0700, Steve Wolfe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> The mainboard has both APM and ACPI onboard and I tried a
>> kernel with both compiled in. APM appears ok but the ACPI
>> table signatures were bad so it wasn't used. The problem
>> persisted with APM so I took it out.
>>
>> The problem I now descibe is with a kernel with NO power
>> saving features compiled in or loaded as modules! I
>> therefore wonder if this is desired behaviour or not.
>
> Try disabling the power saving in the BIOS.
>
>steve
>
Thanks steve that did the trick, thanks for the sanity check,
Jim
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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 15:26:19 -0700
From: "D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: adaptec
Tom Hamilton wrote:
>
> I have a chance to get an adaptec 29160N controller. How do I know if my
> distribution of Caldera 2.4 desktop support it, it seems like a new product
>
> thanks
>
> tom
I don't know if the "N" version is supported per se, but the ultra 160
controllers based on the adaptec 29160 are supported with the aic7xxx
driver and work well. The trick is to find out about the "N".
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From: Mark W Carey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re Changing Monitor
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 10:25:58 +1200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
Just got a new old monitor for my linux box it is an nec powermate /
multisync II and as I set my rh distro up on my phillips 105B the
refresh rate is set far to high how do I change the refresh rate Linux
uses?????
Thanks,
Mark
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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 15:38:47 -0700
From: "D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Help me build a Monster Machine
Ted Weldon wrote:
>
> Hallo folks,
>
> I have been tasked with putting together a server box for our local work
> group here. The prime purpose of this box will be for serious number
> crunching (astrophysics analysis), with lots of room for data. It will also
> serve as a desktop (desk-side) machine for me, so I want a decent video card
> for XFee86 4.0. I have around $15k to build a system with a 200 GB RAID.
>
> IT MUST RUN WELL WITH LINUX, without constant tinkering.
> Here are my present choices with ROUGH prices.
> Please comment:
>
> Case: SuperMicro SC830-W $600
You'll probably find the SC850 with its 10 bay hot-swappable easier to
deal with (extra cooling, one cable for 10 drives on a nice backplane)
> MB: SuperMicro Super 370DE6 (SCSI) $600
Should be fine, since it isn't the i840 chipset.
> CPU: Dual PIII-1GHz $700
> RAM: 2x512GB PC133 $900
> CDROM: Plextor x40 $100
> CDROM: Plextor 32/12/10 $300
> VID: GeForce 32MB or Maxtrox G450? $150
If you want hardware OpenGL support, use the GeForce DDR cards (check on
variations like MX before purchasing). Also to note, multimonitor
support removes the ability to use hardware accel OpenGL. You might
consider a commercial X server to go with Oxygen VX-1, but that'd add to
cost.
> MON: .25dp 19" Monitor $400
21" isn't that much more these days. A large monitor makes an enormous
sense of difference even on low-end machines.
> MISC: Floppy/KB/Mouse $100
>
> RAID: 2 SuperMicro CSE-031 SCA Racks $500
The SC-850W already has two racks for 10 slots. Save that money by
getting the better case to start with.
> RAID: AMI 4Ch RAID Controller $2000
> RAID: 4x75GB Seagate ST173404LCV $4000
Most of these drives are too wide to fit into the SuperMicro hot swap
bays. You'll be limited to 36 Gbyte, but the Seagates work very well
there. If you ignore hot swap bays, you can use the larger drives, but
then they'll also take twice the thickness. Consider redundancy and
flexibility...8 times 36 would nearly fill the bays, but would probably
be better in the end, especially for raid (more can fail, but each
individual failure will hurt less).
>
> TAPE: 20/40 DLT Drive $2000
> ~$12000
>
> Thanks very much!
>
Get a good UPS.
> ------------------------------------------------
> Here are some relevant URLS:
> SuperMicro
> http://www.supermicro.com/
> http://www.supermicro.com/PRODUCT/Chassis/sc8x0.htm
> http://www.supermicro.com/PRODUCT/MotherBoards/RCC_HE_SL/SUPER%20370DE6%20SP
> ECIFICATIONS.htm
> http://www.supermicro.com/PRODUCT/Chassis/SCA%20mobile%20rack.htm
>
> AMI
> http://www.ami.com/products/catpage.cfm?CatID=1
>
> Seagate:
> http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/discsales/marketing/detail/0,1121,217,00
> .html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Laptops
Date: 30 Jan 2001 23:00:54 GMT
In comp.os.linux.hardware Isaac Venn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> alleged:
-> I had very good luck installing debian on my Dell inspiron. The only
-> issue I ran into was getting the screen resolution correct. It has one
-> of those 1400x1050 screens and there was no modeline for it. I just
-> wrote my own, and it has been great.
I am considering very seriously getting a Dell Inspiron 8000. Care
to share the modeline with us?
--
John Cronin
mailto: `echo [EMAIL PROTECTED] | sed 's/[NOSPAM]//g'`
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From: "Ted Weldon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help me build a Monster Machine
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 17:09:08 -0600
"D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Ted Weldon wrote:
> >
> > Hallo folks,
> >
> > I have been tasked with putting together a server box for our local work
> > group here. The prime purpose of this box will be for serious number
> > crunching (astrophysics analysis), with lots of room for data. It will
also
> > serve as a desktop (desk-side) machine for me, so I want a decent video
card
> > for XFee86 4.0. I have around $15k to build a system with a 200 GB
RAID.
> >
> > IT MUST RUN WELL WITH LINUX, without constant tinkering.
> > Here are my present choices with ROUGH prices.
> > Please comment:
> >
> > Case: SuperMicro SC830-W $600
> You'll probably find the SC850 with its 10 bay hot-swappable easier to
> deal with (extra cooling, one cable for 10 drives on a nice backplane)
Thanks for all the info. One thing, though: Wouldn't it be better to
split the 10 drives across more than 1 RAID channel? I was hoping to
to have 2 channels and split 4/4, or even 4 channels and split 2/2/2/2.
Isn't this impossible with one cable in, or am I missing something?
Thanks again for the help!
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From: "B. Borg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.periphs.mainboard,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.epox,alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: o/s installation trouble
Date: 30 Jan 2001 23:13:51 GMT
Reply-To: "B. Borg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hey there-
I'm trying to install linux on a box I just built, and the installation
hangs at "Uncompressing Linux..."
Hardware:
EPoX 7KXA Mobo
Athlon 800 mhz cpu
256MB pc-133 ram
seagate 30gb udma hdd
cdrw
fdd
soundblaster pci
3c509b isa nic
O/S:
RH 7 (I've also tried 5.2)
I've booted from floppy and cd, with the same results:
1. Installation menu appears
2. Choose option 1
3. Installation script loads initrd.img
4. Script loads vmlinuz.
5. Script begins to uncompress linux, then hangs ofter about 3 seconds.
Any ideas?
TIA,
Brent
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Laptops
Date: 30 Jan 2001 23:11:50 GMT
In comp.os.linux.hardware Alain Laederach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> alleged:
-> Hi Everyone,
-> Has anyone had a good experience installing a Dual boot system on a
-> recent laptop? Are there any laptop models to be avoided at all cost? As
-> far as I understand it, there are two issues, when setting up such a
-> system. A, how will the recovery CD deal with the partitioning, and B,
-> will I be able to find a video driver for my video card?
-> Finally, I would like to know if any of you would suggest installing NT
-> over Windows 2000, or windows 98, on the windows partition?
I have had good luck with Sony Vaio PCG-F series systems (F390, F430, F680).
I did a graphical install of Redhat 6.1/6.2 on most or all of them. I
had to tweak the X config to get more than 8 bits of color, but that was
pretty easy. Sound was the only thing that did not come up right out of
the box. I use the box for consulting so I don't care. However, it is
alleged to be quite possible. Used a Linksys Cardbus 10/100 card,
had to download a development driver to get it to autonegotiate right,
didn't use the cb_shim or whatever is recommended though, as that resulted
in no network, just used cb_tulip and tulip_enabler instead, as with the
old driver. Works fine now.
My only gripe with Sony is their warranty policy. As a consultant, I need
the box fixed by the next day. Sony requires me to ship it to Fresno, CA
(or somewhere beginning with an F in CA), and then wait a week. They
won't cross-ship a spare, even with a credit card, no matter how much
I complain. So the next one will be a Dell.
--
John Cronin
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From: henk van der knaap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help: What type is my SCSI adaptor (UMAX 600S, DTCT-436P chip)?
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 00:44:05 +1300
On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Michael Badt wrote:
> Help: What type is my SCSI adaptor (UMAX 600S, DTCT-436P chip)?
>
> Hi,
> I can't get Linux (Mandrake 7.0) to recognize my ISA SCSI adaptor that
> was included with my UMAX Astra 600S scanner (and works fine under
> Windows).
> The single chip on the card is designated as follows:
> DTCT-436P
> 9721
> 002-D436P-001
>
> Please advise!
>
> Thanks a lot !
>
>
>
Dear Michael,
You have to compile the following module:
dtc.o
g_NCR5380
You can initialize the module by doing the following:
insmod g_NCR5380 ncr_irq=255 ncr_addr=0x280 dtc_3181e=1
or
modprobe g_NCR5380 dtc_3181e=1 io=0x280 irq=255
There is some documentation with the kernel souces. I had this card in my
Acer133, which somebody had given to me. I got it to work alright. The
system recognised the card, but it did not work with my Microtek scanner.
I removed the card and replaced it with an Adaptec card, which works well.
Regards
Henk van der Knaap,
Christchurch 8003,
New Zealand
My e-mail address is as follows: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Steve Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help me build a Monster Machine
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 16:53:51 -0700
> I have been tasked with putting together a server box for our local work
> group here. The prime purpose of this box will be for serious number
> crunching (astrophysics analysis), with lots of room for data. It will
also
> serve as a desktop (desk-side) machine for me, so I want a decent video
card
> for XFee86 4.0. I have around $15k to build a system with a 200 GB RAID.
>
> IT MUST RUN WELL WITH LINUX, without constant tinkering.
> Here are my present choices with ROUGH prices.
> Please comment:
If you want to do serious number crunching, here's my suggestion. I use a
very similar machine for database work, and it's very spiffy.
SuperMicro 8050 chassis/motherboard: $4000
4 700 MHz Xeons: $2800
1/2 gig RAM: 250
Video: Your choice, PCI: $50
RAID controller: AMI 1300 (3 channel RAID, from scsistuff.com): $200
Your choice of networking and drives.
The 8050 chassis/mobo combo is truly a class act. It also has 10
hot-swappable SCSI bays on it, and you can connect the backplanes to the
RAID card instead of the Adaptec SCSI controller on the motherboard - but
the onboard SCSI is great for running to your backup drive.
Other than the model of the RAID controller, the above configuration is
pretty much exactly what we use, and it's a screaming database machine. We
put about $12,000 into it, and it keeps up with a $25,000 Alpha machine that
a Compaq rep left with us to test, at least for database work.
steve
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