Re: newbie nerd

[Ralph Winslow]

Seth Reinosa wrote:
> 
> Lets say there was this guy building a 486 computer for a church intranet
> and he wanted to run Linux.
> Would he :
> A)JUST LOAD LINUX OR:

If he already has his Debian Install boot, Ramdisk, and 3 base install
diskettes, he could just start offf with loading Debian linux.

> B)LOAD DOS FIRST THEN LINUX
> and
> can a soldered CPU be unsoldered by a pro and upgraded to lets say a 586 or
> higher?

I'd say the chances of success at this would be slim to zip, but YMMV,
of course.  For less the $1000 you could have a real nice 100-120 MHz
2Gb HD 32Mb RAM sytem with CD, nice Video and sound cards.  Why risk the
usable 486?

> This guy has no clue what is going on.
> 
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> Thanx
> and may God Bless you
> Seth R

Re: newbie nerd

[Geoff R Deasey]

> Lets say there was this guy building a 486 computer for a church intranet
> and he wanted to run Linux.
> Would he :
> A)JUST LOAD LINUX OR:

What are you going to us this machine for ?

If you are going to use it for a web server for the intranet,
  just load linux.

If you have some other purpose in mind

  just load linux, unless you need to run some special dos apps
  investigate dosemu...

> can a soldered CPU be unsoldered by a proand upgraded to lets say a 586 or
> higher?
> This guy has no clue what is going on.

This is a bad idea.  The pentium chip needs a collection of support chips 
call a chip set and they are different than the 486 chip set.  There is also
the memory width problem.  The memory bus of the 486 is 32bit the pentium 
is 64.

Buy a new motherboard.

RE: newbie nerd

[Rick]

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I would just run Linux.  You could use DOS to originally get the install
disks.  If you already have them why not just use linux?

As far as the CPU.  The system isn't upgraded since there's more to a Pentium
than the CPU.  The CPU may be a Pentium but the board is still a 486.

On 12-Apr-97 Seth Reinosa wrote:
>Lets say there was this guy building a 486 computer for a church intranet
>and he wanted to run Linux.
>Would he :
>A)JUST LOAD LINUX OR:
>B)LOAD DOS FIRST THEN LINUX
>and
>can a soldered CPU be unsoldered by a proand upgraded to lets say a 586 or
>higher?
>This guy has no clue what is going on.
>
>
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>Thanx
>and may God Bless you
>Seth R
>
Have a good one.

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Date: 11-Apr-97 
   Time: 23:08:08
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newbie nerd

[Seth Reinosa]

Lets say there was this guy building a 486 computer for a church intranet
and he wanted to run Linux.
Would he :
A)JUST LOAD LINUX OR:
B)LOAD DOS FIRST THEN LINUX
and
can a soldered CPU be unsoldered by a proand upgraded to lets say a 586 or
higher?
This guy has no clue what is going on.


<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Thanx
and may God Bless you
Seth R