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Skriven 2006-08-26 07:25:00 av WAYNE CHIRNSIDE (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MAURICE KINAL
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-=> MAURICE KINAL wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 MK> Right.  That is the same situation with the SMP Gateway I worked on
but MK> I think from what you've said about cpu support, yours is a tad
more MK> modern then that one.  Still nothing wrong about the SMP
Gateway.  It MK> also had two onboard u160 adaptec chips and interfaces.

 WC> OTOH from the processor upgrade standpoint it's not looking too good.
 WC> No thingies to release the rails on the slot 1 card.
 WC> Looks like Gateway made Slot 1 rails to engage the CPU module with
 WC> integrated passive heat sink to take some special tool to remove.

 MK> Weird.  I've never seen that happen ... yet.

Perhaps I'm missing something but it's anything but obvious.
I believe the cache RAM is on the CPU board and pertrudes
through the heat sink.
This research through google leads me to believe.

 WC> The motherboard is called a Jabil BX motherboard which agrees with
 WC> the
 WC> BIOS flash doc. Later BIOS that is the correct upgrade.
 WC> Then if you link to the motherboard specs from the Jabil link it's an
 WC> Intel 440 BX motherboard.
 WC> They're one and the same.

 MK> Same chipsets as the SMP Gateway if I recall correctly.

Seem to behave well with Linux.

 WC> I'm currently thinking the risk outweighs the benefit.

 MK> Probably.

 WC> What I was really looking for is to speed it up enough so
 WC> I could run a CD - DVD burner and download and burn ISO images.

 MK> Downloading won't make a difference even with a high speed connection,
 MK> other then a T3 which you likely can't afford, nevermind actually get
 MK> wired into your place.  ;-)

Oh, I know this.
However most of the burners stipulate 1.3 GHz or better support.
I figure there's wiggle room here as Windows is so lame
but 450 MHz?

 MK> As for DVD burning, why bother?  It is all screwed up before it ever
 MK> really started.  CD burning shouldn't be an issue at reasonable burn
 MK> speeds.  I gave up on that as a waste of time and money especially for
 MK> fast burns.  You'd be better off getting a decent usb pci card for that
 MK> system (USB 2.0) and possibly put a burner on there if you really must.
 MK>  As for bootable CD/DVD's I also gave up on those as I end up redoing
 MK> everything anyhow.

It's the easiest answer for trying various flavors of Linux.
This is all rather more for the journey rather than the destination.
I've noticed the first real pain relief I've had in years messing around
with Linux.
I get so wrapped into it it grabs my attention from the intolerable
pain.
The only thing I've found yet that does so.

 MK> Care to check out my 32-bit version of ttylinux?  I even have a 32-bit
 MK> kernel that can detect the number of cpu's available whether 1 or
 more.

 Yes I saw your post to Mr. Rogers.
 I had deleted that packet but may just reset pointers, grab it again
 and take a shot at replicating it.

 MK>  I've now booted it on a single VIA C3 and a dual p3 system.  Works
 MK> great on both.  I plan to later build a chrootable development system
 MK> for it.  Already have one for x86_64 multilib which is where I built
 MK> both the 32-bit and 64-bit ttylinux from.  I am good!!!  I am
 MK> impressed.

 Well I lack your proficientcy and for me that's really not the point or
 very important anymore.
 This is all really therapy designed to stave off senility and keep me
 occupied.
 In better circumstances my goals and motivations would be different but
 this is the hand I was dealt. 
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