Jeff Zidek wrote: > > > > > > >I just wanted to let anyone who might be in need of a cheap linux box for > >whatever reason that I successfully loaded both redhat 7.3 and Mandrake 8.2 > >on an Omron POS terminal I got at Hawaii Computer Recyclers. It comes with > >a 200mhz processor a 2.1 gig hard drive a 10/100 3C905b TX-NM Nic a floppy > >drive and a slot where a CDROM can go. I put one in mine to do the > >installs. It has two SDRAM slots (comes with 32MB ram) 2 serial ports, two > >USB ports, 1 parallel port a 4MB onboard video, onboard sound and can take > >upto a 300mhz processor if you happen to have one laying around. They had > >400 when I bought mine 2 weeks ago and quoted me 105 dollars each. 25 > >dollars more if you want a cdrom installed. The POS box measures about 4" X > >13" X 15", fairly compact. Main drawback is not very upgradable. Since one > >of the two pci slots is taken up by the NIC that only leave one pci slot > >open to ad another card. Mandrake 8.2 installed flawlessly using graphic > >installer. Redhat b! al! > ked at the graphic installer and had to do a text install. Autopartitioner > failed to work as well but fdisk did the job. After the initial install > which failed to detect the onboard audio was detected and installed by KUDZU > on first boot. Although a tougher install after installation Redhat 7.3 ran > great. I may have to drag out a copy of Redhat 6.2 and try it with that. > Just thought someone might be interested. Jeff Zidek > > > > _______________________________________________ > LUAU mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau ###################
I have installed FreeBSD 4.5 on an OMRON box from them and it worked the first try. A good stable box for Unix. -- Aloha! Al Plant - Webmaster http://hawaiidakine.com Providing FAST DSL Service for $28.00 /mo. Member Small Business Hawaii. Running FreeBSD 4.5 UNIX & Caldera Linux 2.4 & RedHat 7.2 Support OPEN SOURCE in Business Computing. Phone 808-622-0043
