begin Chris Henman quotation: > I have recently acquired an HP netServer LH plus with 4x4GB discs and > would very much like some doco for it. > > My intention is to run some species of linux on it.
So, I asked my friend Google about that machine, and he said: Pentium 133 MHz or 166 MHz on daughterboard. Socket for second CPU. Board upgrade kit is (was?) available for Pentium Pro. 2 integrated 40 MHz SCSI-2 chains, dual SCSI backplanes, 6 hot-swap, hot-spare disk modules. Also, one separate half-height shelf for one non-hot-swap hard drive. 4 PCI slots 1 combo PCI/EISA slot 4 EISA slots Proprietary 60 ns ECC EDO DIMMs, 4 sockets. Each can take 16, 32, 64, or 128 MB modules. CD-ROM, 4X, SCSI-2 Integrated video, said to do SVGA, 16 bpp, 1024x768 (which implies 2 MB video RAM) EISA config and BIOS Setup is very likely through an HP NetServer Navigator bootable CD disk, which you'll want to acquire. External SCSI-2 connector Optional smart redundant power supply module These are very nice old machines. I've worked on many of them at client sites, usually running Novell NetWare. For their day, they were fast and rock-solid. What chipsets do they include? Good question. I'm afraid the best way to get that information is to open up the enclosure and determine that visually. Armed with that information, you'll almost certainly have no problem at all with the Linux distribution of your choice. -- This message falsely claims to have been scanned for viruses with F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange and to have been found clean. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
