> >
> > I'm about to get a SMP machine (2 CPUs only)to run RedHat
> 6.0 (kernel
> > 2.2.5.15). Can you give me some idea on what I should get
> (CPU,
> > motherboard....). Does it really matter or Linux should run
> well on
> > anything?
>
> It really matters. Linux can be very picky about HW. So my
> advice to
> you would be to buy an Abit BP6 mobo and two Celerons. If
> you're gonna
> overclock it (and who isn't ;-) you'd better buy Celerons with
> a low CPU
> freq (and thus a low multiplier). I have two Celeron 333 's
> running at
> 510 in my box with an Abit BP6..Damn that mobo rocks !!!
well I am not overclocking mine, but that aside, if you are not
going to overclock, and can afford to buy faster CPU than the
333's, I'd but the faster CPU, and if I could afford them I'd go
with CPU's that have more on chip cache. celerons I have heard
do not have that much cache, but they do work well.
also there are MB out there that can take 1Meg of L2 cache, I'd
look into getting that too, as that can help make it faster
also.
I'd also want to know more about a MB bios, as I just found mine
to be ..well less than satisfactory. the way my BIOS is set up
com ports 1 to 4 must use IRQ 3 or 4, yet my modem can use IRQ
2/9, 10, 12, 5, 3, or 4, but when I put my modem on any other
IRQ other than 3 or 4 I had problems with my MB, and ended up
having to reflash my BIOS. I ended up having to get a PS/2 mouse
which was their suggestion (MB manufacture), as I had 3 devices
that needed the com ports (modem, ups, mouse). yes the Linux
kernel can support 32 comports (maybe more?), but also make sure
that the BIOS will not have a problem with this as mine does.
who knows when you will need to have more than just 2 com ports.
just my 2 cent experience..
Joe
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