-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/19/07 19:39, Kelly Harding wrote: > Hi, > > Having now got Debian 'etch' installed and working nicely on my compaq > DL380G2 (4*36Gb using RAID5 on the intergrated SmartArray 5i works > flawlessly and fast), I now am thinking about some of the tasks I need > this machine to ideally perform. > > One of them is as a print server. Unfortuately the DL380 doesn't have a > parallel port (being rack mount it would probably, but i got it for £10 > and don't have a rack cabinet, but ain't going to knock a gift horse so > to speak! so will try to make best use of it as I can). > > Anyway, I used to have my old HP LaserJet 6L on my Beige G3 PowerMac > running OS X 10.2. Worked fine till I retired the machine due to being > too old, the machine that replaced it (733Mhz G4 Quicksilver) had OS X > 10.4 on it, and the Belkin USB -> // adapter didn't work with Tiger for
Return the Beige G3 to limited service as a print server? This is the problem ("issue" might be a better word) with buying specialized kit and trying to shoe-horn it into functionality that it was not designed to perform. > some reason (though had worked with Jaguar). Anyway, I've still got the > adapter, and wondered if anyone knew if it works with Linux > (specifically the 2.6.18 kernel in Debian 'etch')? i'm not at home > presently and not sure where the adapter is, so before hunting for it > wanted to know if anyone had had any joy. > > Second question is regarding adding USB2.0 /Firewire to the machine to > enable use of USB2.0/Firewire external drives, which would allow me to > move drives easily between machines. Does anyone have any recommendation > for combined USB2.0/firewire PCI cards? I have a via chipset one and > didn't have much joy getting a USB2.0 drive recognised/working with the > previous server (dual PIII/500 intel 440gx+ board). If the DL380G2 has an open PCI slot, then you could buy a Firewire card. But I'd bet that the DL380 requires cards with a proprietary form factory that only Compaq/HP sells. > Thanks in advance for any help anyone is able to provide, all appreciated, - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGT5zIS9HxQb37XmcRArvWAKCchhJZgI1oZAHfgdzX0cG1l4dqcgCgrx0z isqpHlyHKgybUzSAxT1JlsU= =GZRK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]