There's a lot to be said for just taking the plunge..
Matthew Whiting wrote:
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?
Yep. What was Bell Labs know what they're doing. :-)
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...
That should run your Agere modem fine.
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
Why not. You don't know till you try. Any fixes needed wouldn't be far away. Someone would probably say if they knew of any drawbacks. Good luck, -- Richard Tindall, InfoHelp Services <http://www.infohelp.co.nz> on: Ubuntu GNU/Linux 5.04 free OS, 2.6.10-5-686 kernel, GNOME 2.10.0 desktop OpenOffice.org 1.1.3 suite, Mozilla 1.7.6 browser + Firefox 1.0.2 Thunderbird 1.0.2 email, Gedit 2.10.2 web editor, gFTP 2.0.18 filexfer
