On Sat, 07 Oct 2000, you wrote:
> hello. i'm thinking of getting an a7v with a 650mhz duron as a primary
> mx server for our campus. i'm inclined to this setup due to several
> reasons. i figured i don't need a pentium3 since it will only be a mail
> server. i need a computer with a fast i/o subsystem and the a7v looked
> good with its 200mhz fsb. i doubt if i'll ever need scsi for this, since
> the motherboard sports an ultra100 controller. i figured i could get
> away by concentrating on good and fast i/o. here are my intended specs:
>
> asus a7v
> duron 650mhz
> 256mb ram
> 7200 rpm ide disks
> 3com905b or c
>
> thing is, i doubt if linux supports the ultra100. i was looking at the
> linux hardware database, and the only thing i could find there was the
> promise ultra66 controller. asus declares that the controller supports
> ultra66 for backward compatibility, but does it behave like an ultra66
> to the os? comments are most welcome. thanks.
UDMA-66/100 is only supported via Andre Hedrick's IDE-UDMA patches
ftp://ftp.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick
Or make it easy on yourself, get a mandrake-based distro. They've got a lot of
patches built into the base 2.2.17: raid 0.90, reiserfs, ide, usb, lm_sensors,
lots of additional drivers/updates, and more.
And one hint for your MX server: DO NOT USE SENDMAIL \8)
Use postfix. Use qmail. You won't regret it.
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