On Monday 02 Dec 2002 5:55 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Monday 02 Dec 2002 5:12 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Thursday 21 Nov 2002 3:59 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: > > > Agreed. I have just bought one of those Via Eden motherboards from > > > www.linitx.com in the UK �63 for Motherboard and processor with > > > 5.1sound/video/TVout/lan, even better it is passively cooled - NO FANS > > > Runs KDE3 just fine (although there is a trick to get 9.0 installed) > > > > I don't think you ever told us what the trick was? This sounds such a > > good bargain I would be interested to know how you fared. > > > > Anne > > There is an errata here telling you how to install on a Via C3/Eden CPU > http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/errata.php3#viac3 > Unfortunately the errata does not actually say how to install using an > alternate boot kernel. > What you have to do is insert CD1 and boot the PC. At the first screen hit > F1 for more options, and at the 'boot:' prompt type > alt2 <enter> The system will then use the alternative Linux2.2 boot > kernel. At the appropriate time you then follow the instructions in the > errata. > > It took me a couple of attempts to get it right, because you have to > hastily go to another console and delete a directory just after the > installer starts writing packages to disc. Once Mandrake is installed, it > works just great. I did try recompiling the kernel with C3 optimisations, > but it made no difference compared to the standard kernel. My 533Mhz Eden > gives me a CPU rating of 1064 bogomips . This compares to 1697 bogomips for > my 850MHz Athlon desktop. (If you want to compare that to your CPU open KDE > ControlCentre>Information>Processor) > > For a desktop machine it would be a bit on the slow side, but as a > firewall/server it is just great. > > There is also an 800Mhz version available for �67, but this has a small > (and quiet) CPU fan. I wanted a computer that was totally silent. Pity I > spoiled it by using an old rubbishy hard drive which clicks and whirrs all > the time > > :) When I am feeling wealthy I will replace the hard drive with a super > > quiet Seagate Barracuda. > > derek
Thanks for that Derek. The install does sound tricky, but it's worth bearing in mind. Systems are generally pretty noisy, these days. Mine isn't too bad, but that's at least in part due to the fact that I don't have a modern high-powered graphics card, so only psu-fan and cpu-fan. I think it would have to be the higher powered version for a desktop machine, as you say - but it wasn't clear to me until I got your post just what speed we were talking about. Still at �69+vat for mobo+processor, it can't be bad. Anne
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