Hi all, Further to my previous post on hardware support and choosing a distro:
I found out a tad more about that Dynalink modem. Its a Lucent Agere chipset. Based on a comment in a reply to my previous post, sounds like this chipset might be okay? I discovered I already have a version of Linux on DVD - Novell Suse version 9.1, I think. Any comments on this? It does say its an evaluation copy but yeah... I'm not really a hardware man. This is what I'm looking at purchasing: ======================= CHASSIS 1 HW525 TS1 BLACK/SILVER MIDTOWER MOTHERBOARD 1 AC556 INTEL D915GAGL UATX LGA775 MOTHERBOARD CPU 1 PIV30ELGAM P4 LGA775 3.0GHZ 1MB EM64T 800 FSB #531 MEMORY 2 CP426 512MB PC3200/DDR400-SDRAM HDD_I 1 DRSG80AS-NCQ SEAGATE 80GB SATA NCQ 7200RPM HDD BIGBAY_I 1 MM308 BTC BLACK 52/32/52 CDRW/16XDVD COMBO FDD 1 DR456 BLACK FDD 1.44MB PSU 1 HW765 HIGH POWER 350W DUAL FAN PSU MODEM 1 MO668 DYNALINK 56K INTERNAL PCI MODEM KEYBOARD 1 HW919 MS OEM BASIC BLACK PS/2 KEYBOARD MOUSE 1 IO085 MS BLACK OPTICAL USB/PS2 MOUSE WARRANTYSTD 1 CL000 STANDARD 3 YEAR RTB WARRANTY MONITOR 1 Y170B6CB PHILIPS 17" BUSINESS LCD (DARK) AUDIO The Cyclone Sentinel-XB915 is based upon the Intel D915GAGL motherboard supporting the Intel Pentium 4 Processor's at 533/800MHz FSB in the LGA package. It has 1 x PCI express x 1 Slot, 2 PCI Slots, 1 x PCI express x 16 video Slot, onboard Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 Video, onboard Intel High Definition Audio and on-board 10/100 network card. The Intel D915GAVL is available as an option if 2 x PCI express x 1 Slot or 4 PCI slots are required. The Sentinel-OB915 is a Mid-tower chassis with 7 drive bays (Including 3 x5 1/4" and 2x 3 1/2" external and 2x 3 1/2 internal) with a 320 Watt Power supply with Ball Bearing Fan. A Microsoft optical mouse & pad, 104 Key Windows '98 Keyboard and a 3.5" Floppy Drive are included as standard. ======================= Any comments appreciated! Cheers Matthew
