On Mon, 2005-07-18 at 17:11 +1200, 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?
Indeed the ltmodem driver is what you should look for, and should drive that modem. http://ltmodem.heby.de/ You distro may or may not have a precompiled module for the modem. > > 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... Two versions out of date, 9.3 is current. > > I'm not really a hardware man. This is what I'm looking at purchasing: > I'll leave others to comment on the rest. Not sure on PCIx or SATA support myself. > ======================= > 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 > > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
