Dear Andrew, Be cautious regarding the limitations of the motherboard. There is the possibility the board will only take 128MB ram for instance or the BIOS on the board will limit the allowable size of the hard drive. Look on the internet for information and specifications for that particular model of motherboard.
I run an Apache machine that hosts many virtual sites using only the software that was packaged with Mandrake-Linux 8.1 (Free downloaded iso files). I do this on a machine which has 96MB ram (72 pin simms) a few small hard drives and a Pentium 200. The fun part is the machine is *not* housed in a case. As you may know you can run a computer with all the components scattered about on a table... My web server is suspended from the ceiling as a breeze catching mobile ! Dangling and clanking... :-) Jon Dowd, www.jondowd.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 9:43 PM Subject: [newbie] Hard&SoftWare > Hello, > > I have a P150 (Mboard from M Technology has 3-PCI 4-isa) and > want to make a file server. At the moment it has 32 meg ram. The > mother-board has ram four slots. I am not sure what the best way is > to configure additional ram. Or how much to get, is there a point it > is wasted? 512? 256? > Once I get it set up I hope it will be long term. Now it has > only a 20G ide HD. I hope to add two 40G or 60G HD's and a have a > Promise hardware raid card. > Any and all coments welcome. > Andrew > > Mdrake 8.0 > > Have an extra nice Day!, > Andrew > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.293 / Virus Database: 158 - Release Date: 10/29/2001
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