> I have happened across some Compaq SystemPro Servers that are for sale.
> These beasts are quad-486 33 or 66 MHz machines. They are cheap and I
> thought they may be fun to play with.
Humm. They may well be too old for that.
> 4.1 Why it doesn't work on my machine?
>
> 2.Why doesn't my old Compaq work?
>
> Put it into MP1.1/1.4 compliant mode.
>
> Can anyone confirm if these machines will run Linux SMP? Do all Compaq's
> support Intel MP1.1/1.4?
Older ones do not. Info on driving the dual CPU ones is in the public domain
via the mach microkernel sources. Info on driving the quad ones which are
not MP compliant is not. I don't know if the would run dual if you used
the info from the mach kernel.
They are definitely boxes for hacking up to get Linux on rather than boxes
for serious work.
Alan
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