Decent Benchmark : http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core2+Duo+E8400+%40+3.00GHz

CPU has virtualization : http://ark.intel.com/products/33910/Intel-Core2-Duo-Processor-E8400-6M-Cache-3_00-GHz-1333-MHz-FSB

7 year old technology.

4GB of RAM

320GB HD

Good Job Mike!!  Well worth $41 (in my book!!).

Be interesting to hear about compile times etc.






On 2015-08-25 12:26, Michael Havens wrote:
it is only a university computer that I am going to use for Linux from
Scratch

mike@debian:~$ sudo lshw
debian
    description: Space-saving Computer
    product: OptiPlex 755 ()
    vendor: Dell Inc.
    serial: 2NHK3H1
    width: 64 bits
    capabilities: smbios-2.5 dmi-2.5 vsyscall32
    configuration: administrator_password=enabled boot=normal
chassis=space-saving power-on_password=enabled
uuid=44454C4C-4E00-1048-804B-B2C04F334831
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       product: 0PU052
       vendor: Dell Inc.
       physical id: 0
       serial: ..CN7443186K1C05.
     *-firmware
          description: BIOS
          vendor: Dell Inc.
          physical id: 0
          version: A10
          date: 04/30/2008
          size: 64KiB
          capacity: 4032KiB
          capabilities: pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot
bootselect edd int13floppytoshiba int13floppy720 int5printscreen
int9keyboard int14serial int17printer acpi usb biosbootspecification
netboot
     *-cpu
          description: CPU
          product: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     E8400  @ 3.00GHz
          vendor: Intel Corp.
          physical id: 400
          bus info: cpu@0
          slot: CPU
          size: 3GHz
          width: 64 bits
          clock: 1333MHz
          capabilities: x86-64 fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr
pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx
fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs
bts rep_good nopl aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2
ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 lahf_lm dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi
flexpriority
          configuration: cores=2 enabledcores=2 threads=2
        *-cache:0
             description: L1 cache
             physical id: 700
             size: 32KiB
             capacity: 32KiB
             capabilities: internal write-back data
        *-cache:1
             description: L2 cache
             physical id: 701
             size: 6MiB
             capacity: 6MiB
             capabilities: internal varies unified
     *-memory
          description: System Memory
          physical id: 1000
          slot: System board or motherboard
          size: 4GiB
        *-bank:0
             description: DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 800 MHz (1.2 ns)
             product: EBE10UE8ACWA-8G-E
             vendor: 7F7FFE0000000000
             physical id: 0
             serial: 220B801D
             slot: DIMM_1
             size: 1GiB
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 800MHz (1.2ns)
        *-bank:1
             description: DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 800 MHz (1.2 ns)
             product: HYMP112U64CP8-S6
             vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
             physical id: 1
             serial: 00001221
             slot: DIMM_3
             size: 1GiB
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 800MHz (1.2ns)
        *-bank:2
             description: DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 800 MHz (1.2 ns)
             product: EBE10UE8ACWA-8G-E
             vendor: 7F7FFE0000000000
             physical id: 2
             serial: 220B801E
             slot: DIMM_2
             size: 1GiB
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 800MHz (1.2ns)
        *-bank:3
             description: DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 800 MHz (1.2 ns)
             product: HYMP112U64CP8-S6
             vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
             physical id: 3
             serial: 00005083
             slot: DIMM_4
             size: 1GiB
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 800MHz (1.2ns)
     *-pci
          description: Host bridge
          product: 82Q35 Express DRAM Controller
          vendor: Intel Corporation
          physical id: 100
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
          version: 02
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
          configuration: driver=agpgart-intel
          resources: irq:0
        *-pci:0
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 82Q35 Express PCI Express Root Port
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode
bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:40 memory:fe800000-fe8fffff
        *-display:0
             description: VGA compatible controller
             product: 82Q35 Express Integrated Graphics Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list
rom
             configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
             resources: irq:44 memory:fea00000-fea7ffff
ioport:ec90(size=8) memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:feb00000-febfffff
        *-display:1 UNCLAIMED
             description: Display controller
             product: 82Q35 Express Integrated Graphics Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 2.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
             configuration: latency=0
             resources: memory:fea80000-feafffff
        *-communication:0 UNCLAIMED
             description: Communication controller
             product: 82Q35 Express MEI Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 3
             bus info: pci@0000:00:03.0
             version: 02
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
             configuration: latency=0
             resources: memory:f0000800-f000080f
        *-ide
             description: IDE interface
             product: 82Q35 Express PT IDER Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 3.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:03.2
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: ide pm msi bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ata_generic latency=0
             resources: irq:18 ioport:fe80(size=8) ioport:fe90(size=4)
ioport:fea0(size=8) ioport:feb0(size=4) ioport:fef0(size=16)
        *-communication:1
             description: Serial controller
             product: 82Q35 Express Serial KT Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 3.3
             bus info: pci@0000:00:03.3
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pm msi 16550 bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=serial latency=0
             resources: irq:17 ioport:ec98(size=8)
memory:fe9da000-fe9dafff
        *-network
             description: Ethernet interface
             product: 82566DM-2 Gigabit Network Connection
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 19
             bus info: pci@0000:00:19.0
             logical name: eth0
             version: 02
             serial: 00:21:70:1e:a1:47
             size: 100Mbit/s
             capacity: 1Gbit/s
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet
physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
             configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes
driver=e1000e driverversion=2.3.2-k duplex=full firmware=1.4-0
ip=192.168.0.3 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair
speed=100Mbit/s
             resources: irq:43 memory:fe9e0000-fe9fffff
memory:fe9db000-fe9dbfff ioport:ecc0(size=32)
        *-usb:0
             description: USB controller
             product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1a
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.0
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:16 ioport:ff20(size=32)
        *-usb:1
             description: USB controller
             product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1a.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.1
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:17 ioport:ff00(size=32)
        *-usb:2
             description: USB controller
             product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1a.7
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.7
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:22 memory:fe9d9c00-fe9d9fff
        *-multimedia
             description: Audio device
             product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1b
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
             version: 02
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
             resources: irq:45 memory:fe9dc000-fe9dffff
        *-pci:1
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode
bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:41 ioport:1000(size=4096)
memory:fe700000-fe7fffff ioport:f0100000(size=2097152)
        *-usb:3
             description: USB controller
             product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:23 ioport:ff80(size=32)
        *-usb:4
             description: USB controller
             product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:17 ioport:ff60(size=32)
        *-usb:5
             description: USB controller
             product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.2
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:18 ioport:ff40(size=32)
        *-usb:6
             description: USB controller
             product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d.7
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:23 memory:ff980800-ff980bff
        *-pci:2
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 82801 PCI Bridge
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1e
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
             version: 92
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
        *-isa
             description: ISA bridge
             product: 82801IO (ICH9DO) LPC Interface Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
             configuration: latency=0
        *-storage
             description: SATA controller
             product: 82801IR/IO/IH (ICH9R/DO/DH) 6 port SATA
Controller [AHCI mode]
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
             logical name: scsi0
             logical name: scsi1
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: storage msi pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
emulated
             configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
             resources: irq:42 ioport:fe00(size=8) ioport:fe10(size=4)
ioport:fe20(size=8) ioport:fe30(size=4) ioport:fec0(size=32)
memory:f0000000-f00007ff
           *-disk
                description: ATA Disk
                product: WDC WD3200AAKS-7
                vendor: Western Digital
                physical id: 0
                bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
                logical name: /dev/sda
                version: 02.0
                serial: WD-WMAV2S110171
                size: 298GiB (320GB)
                capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
                configuration: ansiversion=5 sectorsize=512
signature=0004c91f
              *-volume:0
                   description: Linux swap volume
                   physical id: 1
                   bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
                   logical name: /dev/sda1
                   version: 1
                   serial: 580d3142-e95d-4578-8486-688f871a3f8b
                   size: 953MiB
                   capacity: 953MiB
                   capabilities: primary bootable nofs swap
initialized
                   configuration: filesystem=swap pagesize=4096
              *-volume:1
                   description: Extended partition
                   physical id: 2
                   bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
                   logical name: /dev/sda2
                   size: 139GiB
                   capacity: 139GiB
                   capabilities: primary extended partitioned
partitioned:extended
                 *-logicalvolume
                      description: Linux filesystem partition
                      physical id: 5
                      logical name: /dev/sda5
                      logical name: /
                      capacity: 139GiB
                      configuration: mount.fstype=ext4
mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered
state=mounted
           *-cdrom
                description: DVD-RAM writer
                product: DVD+-RW GT10N
                vendor: HL-DT-ST
                physical id: 1
                bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
                logical name: /dev/cdrom
                logical name: /dev/cdrw
                logical name: /dev/dvd
                logical name: /dev/dvdrw
                logical name: /dev/sr0
                version: A108
                capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r
dvd-ram
                configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
        *-serial
             description: SMBus
             product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.3
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
             version: 02
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             configuration: driver=i801_smbus latency=0
             resources: irq:18 memory:fe9d9b00-fe9d9bff
ioport:ece0(size=32)

mike@debian:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82Q35 Express DRAM Controller
(rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82Q35 Express PCI Express Root
Port (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82Q35 Express
Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82Q35 Express Integrated
Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:03.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 82Q35 Express MEI
Controller (rev 02)
00:03.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82Q35 Express PT IDER
Controller (rev 02)
00:03.3 Serial controller: Intel Corporation 82Q35 Express Serial KT
Controller (rev 02)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566DM-2 Gigabit
Network Connection (rev 02)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB
UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB
UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2
EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio
Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express
Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB
UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB
UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB
UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2
EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 92)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801IO (ICH9DO) LPC Interface
Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801IR/IO/IH (ICH9R/DO/DH)
6 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller
(rev 02)
mike@debian:~$  free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers
cached
Mem:       3920600     206460    3714140          0      13768
123060
-/+ buffers/cache:      69632    3850968
Swap:       975868          0     975868
mike@debian:~$

On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 2:17 PM, Keith Smith
<techli...@phpcoderusa.com> wrote:

What are the specs on your $41 machine?

On 2015-08-25 11:06, Michael Havens wrote:
I reinstalled and all is good now.... thanks!

On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 1:10 PM, Todd Cole <to...@azloco.com>
wrote:

grub 2 error =file smaller that expected


http://askubuntu.com/questions/401105/elf-header-smaller-than-expected
[1]
[1]
to repair use grub repair or reinstall

On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 10:01 AM, Stephen Partington
<cryptwo...@gmail.com> wrote:

I would test the drive and make sure it is ok.

On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Michael Havens <bmi...@gmail.com>
wrote:

what does it mean when (after I installed debian on an optiplex 755
I got from the university of Florida's surplus auction for 41
dollars) it says 'grub error: ELF heading smaller than expected'?

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