On Fri, 22 Feb 2002 18:17:41 -0600 Judith Elaine Bush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I'm in the market for a new computer and plan to run potato. The last > time I bought a box for linux, I bought a cheap system and found the > on-board sound & video chipsets weren't supported. Currently running woody (2.4.17) on - an ASUS A7V266 (Via chipset w/ Promise 20265 ATA/100 IDE) running 1GHz Athlon-C - an ECS K7S5A (SiS 735) running Athlon XP 1600+ They are definitely hot, but since you are getting a case from Coolermaster, you know the importance of temerature. I bought the ECS from http://www.micronux.com, which I found at http://www.linux.org/vendors/systems.html. > This time, sound and video are non-issues -- the system will act as a > personal server more than a workstation. I'd like to go ahead and get > a fairly powerful AMD chip, though -- from shallow research the > Athlons seem to be very good values. > > http://web.archive.org/web/20010923184323/www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/linuxguide12/4.shtml > > > However, this comment from Red Hat > > AMD Athlon compatible motherboards. The new motherboard architecture > being used and the cutting edge technology often implimented in the > chipsets can create problems during the installation. Red Hat Linux > may or may not install properly on a Athlon compatible motherboard > according to its components. > > http://www.redhat.com/support/hardware/intel/62/rh6.2-hcl-i.ld-2.html > > has me all nervous (as does reviewing that the Duke of URL's review > was for a systel with a 2.4 kernel). Searching through the last 6 > months of the mailing list didn't signal anything to me about how to > choose the motherboard/mainboard. > > Does anyone know of a site with reviews of recent cpu and mainboard > reviews linking them to any linux kernel limitations? > > Would anyone know whether > AMD 1400MHz Athlon Thunderbird Processor (266MHz FSB) > and > (AMD) Asus A7M266 AMD-761 Motherboard (DDR DRAM) > would work well with a 2.2 kernel? > > TIA, very very much, > > judith > > PSs: > > Why that particular config? Because i'm looking at prebuilt systems > that come with the ATC-210 Aluminum Tower Case by Coolermaster. So > far, I've only found hypersonic-pc.com offers that. > > http://kachinatech.com/'s configuration system has been down for a > while and they don't specify what mother board they use with their > Debian installed systems..... > > i miss thedukeofurl.org -- old reviews can be still be studied at > http://web.archive.org/web/20010802153901/www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews.shtml > > > http://hardware.redhat.com/hcl/?pagename=details&hid=293 -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 | | | | 484,246 sq mi are needed for 6 billion people to live, 4 ! ! persons per lot, in lots that are 60'x150'. | ! That is ~ California, Texas and Missouri. ! ! Alternatively, France, Spain and The United Kingdom. | +------------------------------------------------------------+