Linux-Misc Digest #607, Volume #24 Fri, 26 May 00 13:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: PHP vs Java (Bartek Kostrzewa)
Re: 2.2.14 (Robie Basak)
Re: Freewwweb slow ? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: how to enter a bug report against linux? (s@-)
Re: 6 certifications in 30 Days and 15+ College Credits!!! ("Tone")
Re: FTP & TELNET (bill davidsen)
Re: vote on MS split-up (Leonard Evens)
Re: post dual boot win98 problems (Leonard Evens)
Re: PHP vs Java : JSP (Ben Chausse)
reading *.doc files in Linux? (Peter Bismuti)
RedHat 6.2 install questions (Chris Stump)
Re: 6 certifications in 30 Days and 15+ College Credits!!! (Tom MacIntyre)
Re: Bash vs. Korn shell Problem (Walter Briscoe)
Re: Partitioning a hard disk (optimal configurations) (Aaron Ginn)
Re: xfs refuses to start (Hal Burgiss)
Re: 6 certifications in 30 Days and 15+ College Credits!!! ("Ted Nugent")
Re: reading *.doc files in Linux? ("Jeffrey Tubes")
misc questions ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: misc questions (Andreas Kahari)
Re: reading *.doc files in Linux? (Andreas Kahari)
Re: pls help me. cannot open -lcrypt ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Bios and HDD ? HELP (Matthew B)
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Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 17:08:13 -0100
From: Bartek Kostrzewa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.unix.programmer,comp.os.linux.advocacy,linux.redhat,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: PHP vs Java
Ben Chausse wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> We have a webserver on Debian 2.2 with apache 1.3.12 & mod_perl 1.21 and
> I would like to know what is the best between PHP and Java (.php or
> .jsp) ????
>
> Do you know any web pages about benchmark test on PHP and Java ???
>
> Thanks ...
>
> Ben0iT ...
Very vague question... and if you want to use PHP... u must install
either the PHP executable for the server to access or mod_php and not
mod_perl
PHP is certainly faster than Java, but Java allows for more complex
applications, these functions are not needed though, and plus, PHP is
easier to learn.
I would still go the way of Perl, I think perl cgi's are by far the best
method to interact with a database server / generate pages
dynamically... but chose yourself.
--
Bartek Kostrzewa - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://technoage.web.lu
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robie Basak)
Subject: Re: 2.2.14
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 26 May 2000 15:10:21 GMT
On Fri, 26 May 2000 08:23:38 GMT, Spyros Tsiolis said:
>
>
>Hello,
>
>I have at the office a PII 350 that was more than willing to install
>RH 6.1 and then I upgraded the kernel to 2.2.14 (after 32 compilations
>!).
>
>Tried the same at home. Doesn't run. The main diferrence is the
>controller.
>The PII has the embedded EIDE controller . At home the controller is an
>Adaptec (AIC7xxx). Eventhough I manage to compile the kernel in modular
>state, I cannot get it to boot from the Adaptec. When it boots up, it
>comes
>with a weird message asking me to invoke the "init=" command during the
>bootup process. I checked the kernel documentation, but I didn't find
>anything of relevance.
>Has anyone stumbled upon this specific problem before ?
I hope that you have compiled SCSI into the kernel, not modular. Otherwise,
where can it find the module to load it?
Robie.
--
My ISP's news server was messed up recently; sorry if you haven't
heard a reply from me.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Freewwweb slow ?
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 15:10:30 GMT
It s true, dont use it as your primary ISP, try the other free ones first
like freei or netzero, if you can In article <8gm09r$628$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Rootman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mine varied wildly, got 20k connections to almost 50k. Mail was
> excrutiatingly slow all the time.
>
> I guess the thing is "what do you expect for nothin'?". I broke down
> and actually got a local ISP after account freezups, no email and busy
> signals all the time. Never getting a response to tech support email
> (to this date from almost 30 days ago) sealed it's doom.
>
> It's alright if you can put up with the slow and non existant service.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Sandhitsu R Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I'm getting slow connections with freewwweb. Is there any fine tuning
> > necessary in the startup scripts or something to get a better
> > connection ?
> > I've made their page my homepage and visit it right after ppp is
> > established. What's the kind of data transfer rate with netscape
> > people are getting ?
>
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> Before you buy.
>
--
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From: s@-
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: how to enter a bug report against linux?
Date: 26 May 2000 07:20:43 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>>Communication between interested party about the specific bug is done
>>via this system. This way, all communications, information, and
>>final resolution is kept in one centralized place for ever and is
>>not lost.
>
>This sounds quite a bit like the kernel mailing list.
wholly cow. another idiot.
this is like saying a text file is just like a relational database becuase
you can use both to store data in them.
i have been around and i have seen groups of morons in large quantities
and in close proximity before, but never so many in one place as
in this newsgroup.
s/
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Reply-To: "Tone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Tone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.certification.cisco,alt.certification.mcse,alt.certification.network-plus,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: 6 certifications in 30 Days and 15+ College Credits!!!
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 15:23:26 GMT
and how much do you still expect people to remember after the 31st day?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bill davidsen)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: FTP & TELNET
Date: 26 May 2000 15:26:08 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| 1) I setup a FTP server using wu-ftp, when I use CuteFTP in Win98, I
| must wait for a long time to login, any idea can speed up it?
Two possibilities are DNS failure (or delay) or incorrectly configured
response to the auth service. If you don't provide auth you should deny
it, not just ignore it, or servers using that service will be slow.
--
bill davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CTO, TMR Associates, Inc
"Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979"(tm)
The hardest test of maturity is knowing the difference between
resisting temptation and missing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: vote on MS split-up
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 10:13:24 -0500
Gerald Willmann wrote:
>
> CNN is conducting a poll whether MS should be split up and if yes into how
> many parts. Please take a minute to vote for a good cause.
>
> -> http://cnnfn.com/poll/microsoft_breakup.html
>
> thanks, Gerald
>
> --
Looking at some of the responses, I am disappointed to see that
so many Linux enthusiasts don't understand the malign effect
Microsoft has on the market. Microsoft has followed a policy
of either trying to impose its standards or taking over existing
standards by adding features that work only under Windows. It
is fine to talk about Linux beating Microsoft in the marketplace.
But what are all us Linux users going to do when only Microsoft
products can effectively use the common standards? What are
we going to do if you have to use Internet Explorer to make
effective use of the internet, and there is no version of that
browser that works with Linux?
Current versions of Linux could hold their own in the current
marketplace if one could easily buy a PC with Linux already
installed and all the important applications there. Linux
would not have the problem of trying to deal with Winmodems
and other incompatible hardware if manufacturers did not assume
the only market they had to sell to was the Windows market.
Microsoft with its dominant control of the marketplace can
effectively kill Linux any time it wants unless it is brought
under control. It would have started doing so already except
for the Justice Depoartment suit.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: post dual boot win98 problems
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 10:15:30 -0500
Yshoko wrote:
>
> I`ve got win 98 and linux running on a maxtor 15 g hard drive.
> But windows is trying to read the linux boot partition as another drive and
> searches for minutes every time I open a program.
>
> I have four partitions,
>
> win,
> linux,
> fat32 data
> linux swap
>
> in `my computer`
> win = c:
> linux = d
> fat32 dat = e
>
> what`s going on.
>
> PS I`m very mucha newbie
Could you let us know what
fdisk -l
shows under Linux? Also which version of Linux are you
running?
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: Ben Chausse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.unix.programmer,comp.os.linux.advocacy,linux.redhat,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: PHP vs Java : JSP
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 15:39:35 GMT
Hi everybody,
Thanks for your answer, but to be more specific now, I would like to know is
PHP vs JSP. Which one is faster ?
Thanks
Ben0i
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Bismuti)
Subject: reading *.doc files in Linux?
Date: 26 May 2000 15:45:15 GMT
Is there any free software that allows you to read *.doc files in Linux?
Thanks
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From: Chris Stump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RedHat 6.2 install questions
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 10:35:29 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a couple of questions, and I'll make 'em straight to the point:
1. I currently have Red Hat 6.2 set up on my system using the
partitionless install feature (on Win98). This actually works quite
well, but I can't figure out how to mount/access windows files. I can'
t use "mount -t vfat /dev/hda(or hda1) /mnt/vfat" because linux tells me
the filesystem is already mounted or that there is a "bad super block,
etc., etc." Is it impossible to access windows files through this
partitionless install? If not, how do I access them?
2. If I can't access the windows files with the partitionless install
then I would like to repartition my HDD and install Red Hat 6.2 in its
own partition. However, I have a 19 GB HDD and I don't want to install
Lilo (bad luck with lilo...its a long story--I would like to use a boot
disk). If I do a custom install (which will give me the option not to
install lilo) will I not run into the "1024 cylinder" problem? I
installed Red Hat 6.1 before on a re-partitioned HDD and I ran into the
"1024" problem. However, I was doing a workstation install which
automatically uses lilo to configure a dual-boot system. Since custom
gives me the option to/will not install lilo, will the installation let
me put linux on the last 4GB of my 19 GB HDD, leaving the remaining 15
GB for Windows? Obviously the linux boot sector will not be below the
1024 cylinder, but I'm assuming that this won't matter since I will be
booting off of a floppy and therefore I am not asking installation to
place lilo...am I correct?
3. What is the word with partition magic 5.0? Is it significantly safer
than FIPS? I used fips before and it worked great, but I'm still a
little leary. Also, what is the deal with the boot agent that comes
with partition magic? Is this a hassle-free boot agent that is friendly
to the windows and its MBR? Does is overwrite the existing MBR? I
imagine it would...
4. Does anyone use bootlin? It sounds like an interesting alternative
to lilo, but I haven't heard to much about it. I basically would like
to use a boot agent, but not one that overwrites/complicates the MBR (I
had major problems with this before, and can't afford them again:)
Thanks in advance to all those who reply...your help is very much
appreciated.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom MacIntyre)
Crossposted-To:
alt.certification.cisco,alt.certification.mcse,alt.certification.network-plus,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: 6 certifications in 30 Days and 15+ College Credits!!!
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 15:55:31 GMT
On Fri, 26 May 2000 15:23:26 GMT, "Tone"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>and how much do you still expect people to remember after the 31st day?
>
>
I'd probably remember how much it cost me...:-))
Tom
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From: Walter Briscoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: Bash vs. Korn shell Problem
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 16:55:50 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> of Fri, 26 May
2000 10:06:59 in comp.unix.questions, Dave Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ime.net> writes
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steven Buehrle wrote:
>>In comp.unix.questions Ken Abrahamsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> Under the Korn shell (AIX 4.3.2), the following does properly initialize the
>>> stated Wkdy Mon Day Time Zone Year variables from the date command:
>>> (from within a ksh script):
>>> date | read Wkdy Mon Day Time Zone Year
>>
>>> However, under RH6.1 (BASH), the variables Wkdy Mon Day Time Zone Year do
>>> not get set (are null).
>>
>>The bash man page hints to the reason when it describes pipelines. Its
>>explained much better in the bash FAQ however. See
>>ftp://ftp.cwru.edu/pub/bash/FAQ
>
>Thanks for pointing out this problem. I have to teach Linux and bash to
>people with Korn shell experience, and like to be able to mention differences.
>Since bash and ksh claim "POSIX" compliance (at least, to some greater extent),
>they should work alike.
>
>It's hard for me to understand why bash would spawn child-processes to
>implement the pipe, but that seems to be the "excuse" that the FAQ uses.
>It would seem that, if Korn shell can "make the connection" without a
>subprocess, bash could also.
>
I quote the following from Unix 98. You may want to download it from
http://www.opengroup.org/online-pubs?DOC=007908799
Additionally, each command of a multi-command pipeline is in a subshell
environment; as an extension, however, any or all commands in a pipeline
may be executed in the current environment.
I read that as indicating that bash complies with the standard and
relying on that kornism - I regularly do - is non-portable.
You may like to push the authors of bash on it as a quality of
implementation issue.
--
Walter Briscoe
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From: Aaron Ginn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Partitioning a hard disk (optimal configurations)
Date: 26 May 2000 08:35:57 -0700
Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> A partitioning scheme like this also makes backups easier. Once the
> system has been properly installing and configured, the /, /usr, and
> /var partitions only need a base level backup. You can concentrate
> regular / frequent backups on the /home partition. Splitting off user
> scratch space (/scratch) from user perm. storage (/home) gives the users
> a scratch area for throw-away files that need not clutter up backups.
> This saves you the cost of 'wasted' backup media and backup time.
I don't really understand how separating /home into a separate
partition makes backups any easier. What's the difference between
backing up a partition or just backing up a directory and all its
contents?
--
Aaron J. Ginn
Opinions mine, not Motorola's
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: xfs refuses to start
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 16:05:50 GMT
On Fri, 26 May 2000 12:02:25 +0100, Steven Thurgood (1X0S)
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have redhat 6.0, kernel 2.2.5
>
>occasionaly upon startup, the x login program starts, then drops back to
>the prompt with the error cannot find font fixed, and something about a
>bad directory -/0:unix I think.
>
>Is this caused by lack of hard disk space, as my linux partition
>alternates between 99 and 100% full. I say this as I haven't really
>changed anything, and deleting some stuff from my temp directory made it
>work again.
>If not, then what is the problem and how do I fix it?
xfs runs as a non-root user, so having the FS maxed would indeed be a
problem. It creates a dir structure in /tmp, and creates it's socket
there. Remember part of the filesystem is reserved for root only.
Typically this is 5%. You need to keep some free space available.
Probably a good idea, regardless of this situation, since other apps may
have the same problem.
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
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From: "Ted Nugent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.certification.cisco,alt.certification.mcse,alt.certification.network-plus,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: 6 certifications in 30 Days and 15+ College Credits!!!
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 16:10:46 GMT
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From: "Jeffrey Tubes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: reading *.doc files in Linux?
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 11:15:25 -0500
You could try StarOffice from Sun.
"Peter Bismuti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8gm66b$q8r$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Is there any free software that allows you to read *.doc files in Linux?
>
> Thanks
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: misc questions
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 16:11:03 GMT
Here are some questions:
o I am a RedHat 6.2 user.I started using linux with RH 5.1.
I have problems not only when I try to install source-form
programs (that have yet to be compiled) but also when
installing .rpms.My problem is about libraries, in fact it
seems that there is always some little incompatibilities
or missing files (but sometimes they are in the right
place!), so especially with programs that don't come bundled
with the distribution cdrom, it seems that RH displacement
of things is not very standard.This happened since RH 5.1.
But it could only be my ignorance.
There is a Library-HOWTO?
o I am currently obliged to use XFree86 at 75 Hz of
Vertical Refresh rate,and resolution 800x600 because
my card is only supported via FBDev.
My monitor is a 15".
I know that 800x600@72Hz is a VESA standard, so it probably shouldn't
be eye-fatiguing.Is 75 Hz enought?(Please don't answer
simply something like "if you eyes support it...").
o How I use the X window system clipboard to cut/copy/paste
like in win?
o I use things like Netscape or GNU-rpm or the GNUMidnight
Commander, and I notice that the buttons (like the stop
icon of netscape) are very spaced and wide.Is this caused
by a bad configured character definition file (I use
fvwm2, so it is system.fvwm2rc) or something else?
o I am using a partition of about 800 Mb, using about 450 Mb.
I would like to kill unused packages and libraries, what
is better to attack first (is bigger ?)?
o I use consolechars to get big characters (since my display
is always in 800x600), and i choose lat4a-19 in my system.
Where can I find bigger chars?(not in my own system, there
I now where char fonts are!)
o How I set a transparent background for the xclock?
Thanks.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Andreas Kahari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: misc questions
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 16:20:15 GMT
Some very fast and incomplete answers:
In article <8gm7m8$c17$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Here are some questions:
>
> o I am a RedHat 6.2 user.I started using linux with RH 5.1.
[cut]
> There is a Library-HOWTO?
All HOWTO documents are available from the LDP at
<URL:http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX-3.html>.
[cut]
> o How I use the X window system clipboard to cut/copy/paste
> like in win?
Use the left mouse button to select a piece of text. Use the middle
mouse button to paste the selected text somewhere else. The middle mouse
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> o How I set a transparent background for the xclock?
I don't think you can do that.
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From: Andreas Kahari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: reading *.doc files in Linux?
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 16:22:06 GMT
In article <8gm66b$q8r$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Bismuti) wrote:
> Is there any free software that allows you to read *.doc files in
Linux?
>
> Thanks
>
>
Files with the 'doc' suffix are probably from MS-Word on a Windos system
an may be read by Applix or Star Office if you're lucky.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: pls help me. cannot open -lcrypt
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 16:31:16 GMT
Many thanks. That helped and the problem is solved now.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In article <8gjhcn$d4i$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I have a strange problem. In spite of I have crypt lib
> >
> >> ldconfig -v | grep "crypt"
> > libcrypt.so.1 => libcrypt-2.1.1.so
> > libcrypt.so.1 => libcrypt-2.1.1.so
> >
>
> > /usr/bin/ld: cannot open -lcrypt: No such file or directory
>
> The "-lcrypt" makes the linker look for files by the name
of "libcrypt.so"
> and "libcrypt.a" AND NO OTHERS (such as "libcrypt.so.SOME_NUMBER").
You
> need a symbolic link from /usr/lib/libcypt.so [*]
to /lib/libcrypt.so.1.
> You may also want to investigate why your distribution or
installation did
> not make this link.
>
> (*--The usual place for libcrypt.so.1 is /lib, but ld(1) does not
search
> there, but rather in places like /usr/lib.)
>
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Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 02:51:13 +1000
From: Matthew B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Bios and HDD ? HELP
I need help with BIOS ,, can anyone point me to the right newsgroup/
website for this info?
I am trying to install a 13Gb HDD on an i430 VX board (only detects
8.2Gb approx.).
I have downloaded a Bios flash/update thing. (awdfl763.exe).
I ran it from dos, then got error prompt saying : it can,t find the
source file.
I don,t know what file that is.??
And will that help detect the hdd anyway?
bios details as follows:
Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
04/08/97-i430VX-877-2A59GV79C-00
(2a59gv79)
Chipset: Intel 430VX rev 2
Any help appreciated
thanks
Matthew
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