From: Digestifier To: Linux-Admin@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu Reply-To: Linux-Admin@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu Date: Fri, 30 Sep 94 13:16:27 EDT Subject: Linux-Admin Digest #124 Linux-Admin Digest #124, Volume #2 Fri, 30 Sep 94 13:16:27 EDT Contents: Re: Pentiums (thanks!) (Frank B. Brokken) keymap question (Mr. J.P. Gregory) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: frank@icce.rug.nl (Frank B. Brokken) Subject: Re: Pentiums (thanks!) Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 22:19:09 GMT jmic@tezcat.com (Jeff Mickey) writes: >In article <363mqq$jrn@rs1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de>, >Martin Spott wrote: >>Frank B. Brokken (frank@icce.rug.nl) wrote: >>: The other day I posted a request about using pentiums with linux (or vv ?) >>: and got about 10 reactions, generally positively answering my question about >>: the use of linux on Pentiums. >> >>... and why don't you post a summary ? Because it's quite a lot, but since you're not the only one who asks me to do this in this particularly friendly way, I include in down below. (Flames about the size of it can be e-mailed to Martin Spott ;-) ) >> >>Martin. >>-- >> >>EMail: bevorzugt privat: Martin@smigel.mitropa.com >> notfalls auch "dienstlich": Martin.Spott@uni-duisburg.de > Yes Please. | ---|--- =====+==0==+===== | | Frank E-mail to: f.b.brokken@icce.rug.nl or: frank@icce.rug.nl Phone: (+31) 50 63 36 88 (mo-fr, 9:00-17:00 MET, DST if active) (+31) 59 03 22 23 (otherwise, until Oct. 9, 1995) (+31) 50 403 2223 (starting Oct. 10, 1995). ------------------------------------------------------------------- icmake: obtain it by anonymous ftp from ftp.icce.rug.nl, directory pub/unix The LINUX SYMPOSIUM will be organized december 8/9 1994. finger linux@obelix.icce.rug.nl for the latest details ------------------------------------------------------------------- From swt@netcom.com Sat Sep 24 11:43:28 1994 Received: from obelix.icce.rug.nl (root@obelix.icce.rug.nl [129.125.14.129]) by suffix.icce.rug.nl (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id LAA12760 for ; Sat, 24 Sep 1994 11:43:27 +0200 Received: from asterix.icce.rug.nl (root@asterix.icce.rug.nl [129.125.14.130]) by obelix.icce.rug.nl (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id LAA13013 for ; Sat, 24 Sep 1994 11:43:18 +0200 Received: from netcom9.netcom.com (swt@netcom9.netcom.com [192.100.81.119]) by asterix.icce.rug.nl (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id LAA15906 for ; Sat, 24 Sep 1994 11:43:42 +0200 Received: by netcom9.netcom.com (8.6.9/Netcom) id CAA09129; Sat, 24 Sep 1994 02:35:38 -0700 Date: Sat, 24 Sep 1994 02:35:38 -0700 From: swt@netcom.com (SW Technology) Message-Id: <199409240935.CAA09129@netcom9.netcom.com> To: frank@icce.rug.nl Subject: Re: Pentiums Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.admin In-Reply-To: Organization: SW Technology (214-907-0871) Status: RO In article you write: > >This is just a small question, for which I can't find the answer right away: >Is anybody out there running Linux on a Pentium ? If so, have >any problems in installing and getting it to work been encountered ? > >Please react either directly to me (frank@icce.rug.nl) or to this newsgroup. Over 90% machines we sell nowadays are Pentium ones, with Linux pre-installed. They run marvelously. -- Marvin Y. Wu || For great deals on PCs/PC parts, notebooks SW Technology || and Linux/BSD/X workstations 251 West Renner Ste 229 || finger swt@netcom8.netcom.com, OR Richardson, TX 75080 || Anonymous FTP to ftp.netcom.com, and 214-907-0871 || cd /pub/swt/info for more infomation From rec@elf115.elf.org Sat Sep 24 08:24:52 1994 Received: from obelix.icce.rug.nl (root@obelix.icce.rug.nl [129.125.14.129]) by suffix.icce.rug.nl (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id IAA12329 for ; Sat, 24 Sep 1994 08:24:51 +0200 Received: from elf115.elf.org (elf115.elf.org [140.174.173.131]) by obelix.icce.rug.nl (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id IAA12412 for ; Sat, 24 Sep 1994 08:24:31 +0200 Received: by elf115.elf.org (920330.SGI/920502.SGI.AUTO) for frank@icce.rug.nl id AA20578; Fri, 23 Sep 94 23:26:56 -0700 Date: Fri, 23 Sep 94 23:26:56 -0700 From: rec@elf115.elf.org (Roger Critchlow) Message-Id: <9409240626.AA20578@elf115.elf.org> To: frank@icce.rug.nl (Frank B. Brokken) In-Reply-To: frank@icce.rug.nl's message of Fri, 23 Sep 1994 12:14:24 GMT Subject: Pentiums Status: RO This is just a small question, for which I can't find the answer right away: Is anybody out there running Linux on a Pentium ? If so, have any problems in installing and getting it to work been encountered ? I'm buying a Pentium 90/PCI system with Linux installed on Tuesday. According to the supplier, (http://www.fintronic.com) there are problems getting combinations of PCI mother boards and PCI controller cards to work together happily. He is, as a result, currently using a M/B which is limited to 256K cache and 128M ram, which is the only one he's been happy with so far. He has a PCI SCSI controller which works, and he's waiting on the XFree86/X11R6 release to settle on the video cards. -- rec -- From dhawk@netcom.com Sat Sep 24 02:06:20 1994 Received: from obelix.icce.rug.nl (root@obelix.icce.rug.nl [129.125.14.129]) by suffix.icce.rug.nl (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id CAA11437 for ; Sat, 24 Sep 1994 02:06:19 +0200 Received: from netcom11.netcom.com (dhawk@netcom11.netcom.com [192.100.81.121]) by obelix.icce.rug.nl (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id CAA11081 for ; Sat, 24 Sep 1994 02:05:53 +0200 Received: by netcom11.netcom.com (8.6.9/Netcom) id RAA15481; Fri, 23 Sep 1994 17:03:20 -0700 Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 17:03:20 -0700 From: dhawk@netcom.com (David Hawkins) Message-Id: <199409240003.RAA15481@netcom11.netcom.com> To: frank@icce.rug.nl Subject: Re: Pentiums Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.admin In-Reply-To: Organization: Decline to State Status: RO I'm running Linux 1.0.9 (slackware 2.0 release) on a NEC Pentium with no problems. X and networking both work. Some people have had problems of various types, like getting it to recoginize their hard disk, but I was lucky. later, david -- David Hawkins dhawk@netcom.com Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again. - Andre Gide From UCPL079@UNLVM.UNL.EDU Sat Sep 24 02:01:39 1994 Received: from obelix.icce.rug.nl (root@obelix.icce.rug.nl [129.125.14.129]) by suffix.icce.rug.nl (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id CAA11421 for ; Sat, 24 Sep 1994 02:01:38 +0200 Received: from UNLVM.UNL.EDU (unlvm.unl.edu [129.93.200.1]) by obelix.icce.rug.nl (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id CAA11069 for ; Sat, 24 Sep 1994 02:01:12 +0200 Message-Id: <199409240001.CAA11069@obelix.icce.rug.nl> Received: from UNLVM.UNL.EDU by UNLVM.UNL.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 5108; Fri, 23 Sep 94 18:58:28 CDT Received: from UNLVM.UNL.EDU (NJE origin UCPL079@UNLVM) by UNLVM.UNL.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 0379; Fri, 23 Sep 1994 18:58:28 -0500 From: UCPL079@UNLVM.UNL.EDU (Drazz'zt) To: frank@ICCE.RUG.NL (Frank B. Brokken) Subject: Re: Pentiums Date: Fri, 23 Sep 94 18:53:10 CDT Organization: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Status: RO In article on Fri, 23 Sep 1994 12:14:24 GMT you write: > > >This is just a small question, for which I can't find the answer right away: >Is anybody out there running Linux on a Pentium ? If so, have >any problems in installing and getting it to work been encountered ? Just got Linux up on my P-90 from Quantex. I haven't had much time to play with it so I couldn't tell you what the performance is like, but the only install problems I had/have are with the EIDE drive (not sure if I am getting cylinders>1024 but I think I am), and the standard getting X to run on the bleeding edge graphics (which I finally did with help from people on the net). There is a howto-pci on sunsite.unc.edu which gives a list of pci boards etc. that people have gotten linux to run on. It is fairly small, but I am sure it will be increasing rapidly now that P5s are coming down in price. -Sam From d1dd@dtek.chalmers.se Fri Sep 23 18:53:34 1994 Received: from obelix.icce.rug.nl (root@obelix.icce.rug.nl [129.125.14.129]) by suffix.icce.rug.nl (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id SAA10233 for ; Fri, 23 Sep 1994 18:53:33 +0200 Received: from sklotch.dtek.chalmers.se (d1dd@sklotch.dtek.chalmers.se [129.16.30.21]) by obelix.icce.rug.nl (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id SAA09559 for ; Fri, 23 Sep 1994 18:53:33 +0200 Received: (from d1dd@localhost) by sklotch.dtek.chalmers.se (8.6.9/8.6.9) id SAA07219; Fri, 23 Sep 1994 18:51:23 +0200 Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 18:51:23 +0200 From: Daniel Deimert Message-Id: <199409231651.SAA07219@sklotch.dtek.chalmers.se> To: frank@icce.rug.nl Subject: Re: Pentiums Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.admin References: Status: RO In comp.os.linux.admin you write: >This is just a small question, for which I can't find the answer right away: >Is anybody out there running Linux on a Pentium ? If so, have >any problems in installing and getting it to work been encountered ? I am using Slackware 2.0.0 on a home-brewed system consisting of a P90 (Intel "Plato" MB) + a #9 GXE64pro + a NCR 53c8xx controller. Works great. X only works in 16 colours (using the VGA server), but XFree 3.1 will contain support for the #9 chip. If there is anything else you need to know, feel free to ask. Daniel -- Daniel Deimert d1dd@dtek.chalmers.se From mzou@fireant.ma.utexas.edu Fri Sep 23 18:19:07 1994 Received: from obelix.icce.rug.nl (root@obelix.icce.rug.nl [129.125.14.129]) by suffix.icce.rug.nl (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id SAA10155 for ; Fri, 23 Sep 1994 18:19:06 +0200 From: mzou@fireant.ma.utexas.edu Received: from huevos.ma.utexas.edu (huevos.ma.utexas.edu [128.83.133.180]) by obelix.icce.rug.nl (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id SAA09457 for ; Fri, 23 Sep 1994 18:19:03 +0200 Date: Fri, 23 Sep 94 11:17:55 -0500 Posted-Date: Fri, 23 Sep 94 11:17:55 -0500 Message-Id: <9409231617.AA00868@huevos.ma.utexas.edu> Received: by huevos.ma.utexas.edu (5.64/5.51) id AA00868; Fri, 23 Sep 94 11:17:55 -0500 To: frank@icce.rug.nl Subject: Re: Pentiums Status: RO Yes, have been running linux on a Dell XPS P90 for 3 months now. No big problems. There are some troubles during the installation, the problem I had was on a big IDE disk but that was months ago, the new kernel now handles big IDE's pretty well. Hope this helps, Maorong Zou From sols7520@mach1.wlu.ca Fri Sep 23 16:32:56 1994 Received: from obelix.icce.rug.nl (root@obelix.icce.rug.nl [129.125.14.129]) by suffix.icce.rug.nl (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id QAA09892 for ; Fri, 23 Sep 1994 16:32:54 +0200 Received: from mach1.wlu.ca (mach1.wlu.ca [192.54.242.17]) by obelix.icce.rug.nl (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id QAA08917 for ; Fri, 23 Sep 1994 16:32:49 +0200 Received: by mach1.wlu.ca (5.65/1.35) id AA03146; Fri, 23 Sep 94 10:32:20 -0400 Date: Fri, 23 Sep 94 10:32:20 -0400 From: sols7520@mach1.wlu.ca (Serge Solski u) Message-Id: <9409231432.AA03146@mach1.wlu.ca> To: frank@icce.rug.nl Subject: Re: Pentiums Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.admin In-Reply-To: Organization: Wilfrid Laurier University Status: RO In article you write: > >This is just a small question, for which I can't find the answer right away: >Is anybody out there running Linux on a Pentium ? If so, have >any problems in installing and getting it to work been encountered ? > >Please react either directly to me (frank@icce.rug.nl) or to this newsgroup. > >Thanks in advance, I've been running Slackware 2.0 on a Gateway P5-90 for over a month now, with no problems at all. There's GCC optimized for the Pentium now, but I haven't tried it yet. Should make for a speedy machine. -Mark -- "Key chuckles. 'If Skinny Puppy, in terms of the movie _Alien_, is a chest-burster, then Doubting Thomas is more of a face-hugger,' he informs, as if that were an explanation." -Keyboard, Jan '92 From s9042016@fanella.ee.up.ac.za Sun Sep 25 09:16:52 1994 Received: from obelix.icce.rug.nl (root@obelix.icce.rug.nl [129.125.14.129]) by suffix.icce.rug.nl (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id JAA16626 for ; Sun, 25 Sep 1994 09:16:51 +0100 Received: from ns.up.ac.za (ns.up.ac.za [137.215.102.201]) by obelix.icce.rug.nl (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id JAA03533 for ; Sun, 25 Sep 1994 09:16:37 +0100 Received: from 137.215.125.43 by ns.up.ac.za with smtp (Smail3.1.27.1 #3) id m0qoSLV-0000dIC; Sat, 24 Sep 94 10:20 WET Date: Sat, 24 Sep 94 10:20 WET To: frank@icce.rug.nl (Frank B. Brokken) From: s9042016@fanella.ee.up.ac.za (FJ Thirion x2045 Mesanies student ) Subject: Re: Pentiums cc: s9042016@fanella.ee.up.ac.za Message-ID: Status: RO In article you write: >Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.admin >Path: inet.up.ac.za!ee.und.ac.za!quagga.ru.ac.za!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sun4nl!news.nic.surfnet.nl!rug.nl!suffix.icce.rug.nl!frank >From: frank@icce.rug.nl (Frank B. Brokken) >Subject: Pentiums >Message-ID: >Keywords: Pentium >Sender: root@rug.nl (Operator) >Nntp-Posting-Host: suffix.icce.rug.nl >Organization: Rekencentrum der Rijksuniversiteit Groningen >Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 12:14:24 GMT >Lines: 34 >This is just a small question, for which I can't find the answer right away: >Is anybody out there running Linux on a Pentium ? If so, have >any problems in installing and getting it to work been encountered ? >Please react either directly to me (frank@icce.rug.nl) or to this newsgroup. >Thanks in advance, > | > ---|--- >-----+--0--+----- > | | > Frank > E-mail to: f.b.brokken@icce.rug.nl > or: frank@icce.rug.nl > Phone: (+31) 50 63 36 88 (mo-fr, 9:00-17:00 MET, DST if active) > (+31) 59 03 22 23 (otherwise, until Oct. 9, 1995) > (+31) 50 403 2223 (starting Oct. 10, 1995). > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > icmake: obtain it by anonymous ftp from ftp.icce.rug.nl, > directory pub/unix > The LINUX SYMPOSIUM will be organized december 8/9 1994. > finger linux@obelix.icce.rug.nl for the latest details > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Yes, I running Linux on a 66 Pentium with PCI motherboard. I have not had any problems installing or running the software. From cc8m+@andrew.cmu.edu Sun Sep 25 07:29:24 1994 Received: from obelix.icce.rug.nl (root@obelix.icce.rug.nl [129.125.14.129]) by suffix.icce.rug.nl (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id HAA16378 for ; Sun, 25 Sep 1994 07:29:23 +0100 Received: from andrew.cmu.edu (ANDREW.CMU.EDU [128.2.10.101]) by obelix.icce.rug.nl (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id HAA03158 for ; Sun, 25 Sep 1994 07:29:12 +0100 Received: (from postman@localhost) by andrew.cmu.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) id CAA18044 for frank@icce.rug.nl; Sun, 25 Sep 1994 02:28:48 -0400 Received: via switchmail; Sun, 25 Sep 1994 02:28:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pcs27.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Sun, 25 Sep 1994 02:28:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pcs27.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Sun, 25 Sep 1994 02:28:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mms.4.60.Nov..4.1993.10.47.44.sun4c.411.EzMail.PC.2.0.CUILIB.3.45.SNAP.NOT.LINKED.pcs27.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4c.411 via MS.5.6.pcs27.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4c_411; Sun, 25 Sep 1994 02:28:40 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 25 Sep 1994 02:28:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Christofer D Chiappa To: frank@icce.rug.nl (Frank B. Brokken) Subject: Re: Pentiums In-Reply-To: Status: RO There is no inherent problem with Linux on a Pentium...I run it here. The major problem seems to be with EIDE drives. Specifically, it is a bitch getting Linux to boot if its partition extends beyond the 1024 cylinder border. # "An uneducated man may rob | OS/2 | Linux | This post dedicated to # # from a freight car. A man with| DOOM! | Kathryn ryn@ace.com # # A University education may +---------+----+--------------------------# # steal the whole railroad." -T. Roosevelt | Email : cc8m@andrew.cmu.edu # # | root@iloveryn.pc.cc.cmu.edu # # WWW: file://iloveryn.pc.cc.cmu.edu/www/HomePage.html(Work in Progress!) # From fhage@rap.ucar.EDU Sun Sep 25 05:56:39 1994 Received: from obelix.icce.rug.nl (root@obelix.icce.rug.nl [129.125.14.129]) by suffix.icce.rug.nl (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id FAA16157 for ; Sun, 25 Sep 1994 05:56:38 +0100 Received: from ncar.UCAR.EDU (ncar.ucar.edu [192.52.106.6]) by obelix.icce.rug.nl (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id FAA02864 for ; Sun, 25 Sep 1994 05:56:25 +0100 Received: from tempest.rap.ucar.EDU by ncar.ucar.EDU (NCAR-local/ NCAR Central Post Office 03/11/93) id WAA10476; Sat, 24 Sep 1994 22:56:02 -0600 Date: Sat, 24 Sep 1994 22:56:01 -0600 From: fhage@rap.ucar.EDU (Frank Hage) Message-Id: <199409250456.WAA15807@tempest.rap.ucar.EDU> Received: from localhost by tempest.rap.ucar.EDU (8.6.4/ NCAR Mail Server 04/10/90) id WAA15807; Sat, 24 Sep 1994 22:56:01 -0600 To: frank@icce.rug.nl Subject: Runninf Linux on my Pentium Status: RO Frank, I'm running Linux on my Gateway 2000 PCI P5-60 (Intel MB), 8Mb RAM, 730 MB EIDE HD, NEC260 CD-ROM, 14.4 V42bis modem, Colo memory systems 250 Mb tape. As a total novice with PC's I installed Slackware 2.0 Pro from CD-ROM and am running the 1.1.49 kernel. The main problem I had, was my CD-ROM drive is not supported except as a patch to the later kernels. I had to load Linux via MSDOS partitions. I also had a small bit of trouble with the distribution kernels due to my large IDE HD. Once I upgraded to a recent kernel, and pulled in the latest Ftape and ppp software, everything worked. I'm currently running ppp, and X from the system to E-mail this. -Frank Hage. National Center for Atmospheric Research. Boulder, Colorado. From AXTJM@acad2.alaska.edu Sat Sep 24 23:24:29 1994 Received: from obelix.icce.rug.nl (root@obelix.icce.rug.nl [129.125.14.129]) by suffix.icce.rug.nl (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id XAA14894 for ; Sat, 24 Sep 1994 23:24:26 +0200 From: AXTJM@acad2.alaska.edu Received: from orion.alaska.edu (orion.alaska.edu [137.229.100.201]) by obelix.icce.rug.nl (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id XAA01390 for ; Sat, 24 Sep 1994 23:24:33 +0200 Received: from ACAD2.ALASKA.EDU by ACAD2.ALASKA.EDU (PMDF V4.3-9 #8269) id <01HHHQ09HN4G8WW1MS@ACAD2.ALASKA.EDU>; Sat, 24 Sep 1994 13:24:12 -0800 Date: Sat, 24 Sep 1994 13:24:12 -0800 Subject: Re: Pentiums To: frank@icce.rug.nl Message-id: <01HHHQ09IZCY8WW1MS@ACAD2.ALASKA.EDU> X-VMS-To: IN%"frank@icce.rug.nl" MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Status: RO X-News: orion.alaska.edu comp.os.linux.admin:14181 >From: frank@icce.rug.nl (Frank B. Brokken) >Subject:Pentiums >Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 12:14:24 GMT >Message-ID: > >This is just a small question, for which I can't find the answer right away: >Is anybody out there running Linux on a Pentium ? If so, have >any problems in installing and getting it to work been encountered ? > >Please react either directly to me (frank@icce.rug.nl) or to this newsgroup. > >Thanks in advance, > > > | > ---|--- >-----+--0--+----- > | | > > Frank > > E-mail to: f.b.brokken@icce.rug.nl > or: frank@icce.rug.nl > Phone: (+31) 50 63 36 88 (mo-fr, 9:00-17:00 MET, DST if active) > > (+31) 59 03 22 23 (otherwise, until Oct. 9, 1995) > (+31) 50 403 2223 (starting Oct. 10, 1995). > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > icmake: obtain it by anonymous ftp from ftp.icce.rug.nl, > directory pub/unix > > The LINUX SYMPOSIUM will be organized december 8/9 1994. > finger linux@obelix.icce.rug.nl for the latest details > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Nope, no problems. I have a PCI bus P5-60. Not a single problem. From t16@nikhef.nl Sun Sep 25 13:07:20 1994 Received: from obelix.icce.rug.nl (root@obelix.icce.rug.nl [129.125.14.129]) by suffix.icce.rug.nl (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id NAA17402 for ; Sun, 25 Sep 1994 13:07:19 +0100 Received: from nikhefh.nikhef.nl (nikhefh.nikhef.nl [192.16.199.1]) by obelix.icce.rug.nl (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id NAA04532 for ; Sun, 25 Sep 1994 13:07:18 +0100 Received: by nikhefh.nikhef.nl; Sun, 25 Sep 1994 13:06:50 +0100 Message-Id: <9409251206.NA28108@nikhefh.nikhef.nl> Date: Sun, 25 Sep 1994 13:06:50 +0100 From: t16@nikhef.nl (Kasper Peeters) To: frank@icce.rug.nl Subject: Re: Pentiums Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.admin In-Reply-To: Organization: Nikhef-H, Amsterdam (the Netherlands). Status: RO Hi, Ik draai Linux op een 90Mhz Pentium (plato moederbord) met 16 Mb. Geen problemen tot nu toe. (ik heb geen SCSI drive, dus daar zul je nog even naar moeten kijken. Dat schijnt ook het struikelblok te zijn als je Linux op een pentium wilt draaien). Groetjes, Kasper From mochilds@cix.compulink.co.uk Sun Sep 25 16:43:22 1994 Received: from obelix.icce.rug.nl (root@obelix.icce.rug.nl [129.125.14.129]) by suffix.icce.rug.nl (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id QAA17981 for ; Sun, 25 Sep 1994 16:43:21 +0100 Received: from cix.compulink.co.uk (tom.compulink.co.uk [192.188.69.2]) by obelix.icce.rug.nl (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id QAA05194 for ; Sun, 25 Sep 1994 16:43:32 +0100 Received: from gonzales.compulink.co.uk (gonzales.compulink.co.uk [192.188.69.4]) by cix.compulink.co.uk (8.6.9/8.6.9) id QAA26724 for frank@icce.rug.nl; Sun, 25 Sep 1994 16:40:05 +0100 Date: Sun, 25 Sep 94 16:40 BST-1 From: mochilds@cix.compulink.co.uk (Maurice Childs) Subject: Linux on Pentium To: frank@icce.rug.nl Reply-To: mochilds@cix.compulink.co.uk Message-Id: Status: RO Re: Your post on Linux.admin I'm running Linux Slackware Pro on my Dell XPS P60. Installation was a bitch, but when I finally sorted that out it runs a treat. Bryan D. Childs : mochilds@cix.compulink.co.uk 60, Leamington Avenue : Maurice_Childs@parwhq.ccmail.compuserve.com Bromley, KENT : phone +44 (0)181-857-8645 BR1 5BL England From frank Mon Sep 26 14:57:28 1994 Received: (from frank@localhost) by suffix.icce.rug.nl (8.6.9/8.6.9) id OAA01142; Mon, 26 Sep 1994 14:57:27 +0100 Date: Mon, 26 Sep 1994 14:57:27 +0100 From: "Frank B. Brokken" Message-Id: <199409261357.OAA01142@suffix.icce.rug.nl> To: frank Subject: Pentiums Status: RO >Path: rug.nl!news.nic.surfnet.nl!sun4nl!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!ames!news.larc.nasa.gov!news!jcburt >From: jcburt@gatsibm.larc.nasa.gov (John Burton) >Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.admin >Subject: Re: Pentiums >Date: 26 Sep 1994 12:15:50 GMT >Organization: G & A Technical Software, Inc. >Lines: 32 >Message-ID: >References: >NNTP-Posting-Host: gatsibm.larc.nasa.gov >In-reply-to: frank@icce.rug.nl's message of Fri, 23 Sep 1994 12:14:24 GMT In article frank@icce.rug.nl (Frank B. Brokken) writes: This is just a small question, for which I can't find the answer right away: Is anybody out there running Linux on a Pentium ? If so, have any problems in installing and getting it to work been encountered ? Please react either directly to me (frank@icce.rug.nl) or to this newsgroup. I have Linux running on a Gateway 2000 P5/90 PCI bus machine (90mhz Pentium). The only problems I've encountered have had little to do with it being a pentium. My two basic problems have been I have an ATI GX Mach 64 PCI video board and my IDE hard disk has > 1024 cylinders. The video board problem is temporarily solved with the *unaccelerated* Mach64 Xserver on sunsite.unc.edu, and the hard disk problem was solved by reading all the info on EIDE drives available on sunsite.unc.ede and tsx-11.mit.edu. Otherwise I've had no problems getting linux up and running on this beast. I only wish the Xfree folks would hurry up and get an accelerated Mach64 X server!!! (please, pretty please :-) John -- -- John Burton jcburt@gatsibm.larc.nasa.gov G & A Technical Software, Inc. jcburt@gats486.larc.nasa.gov 28 Research Dr. Hampton, Va. 23666 (804) 865-7491 (voice) (804) 865-1021 (fax) From chedwick@u.washington.edu Tue Sep 27 08:34:30 1994 Received: from obelix.icce.rug.nl (root@obelix.icce.rug.nl [129.125.14.129]) by suffix.icce.rug.nl (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id IAA04412 for ; Tue, 27 Sep 1994 08:34:29 +0100 Received: from hardy.u.washington.edu (chedwick@hardy.u.washington.edu [128.95.136.13]) by obelix.icce.rug.nl (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id IAA19515 for ; Tue, 27 Sep 1994 08:33:54 +0100 Received: by hardy.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.4/UW-NDC Revision: 2.30 ) id AA20535; Tue, 27 Sep 94 00:33:46 -0700 Date: Tue, 27 Sep 94 00:33:46 -0700 From: James von Behren Message-Id: <9409270733.AA20535@hardy.u.washington.edu> X-Sender: chedwick@hardy.u.washington.edu To: frank@icce.rug.nl Subject: Re: Pentiums Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.admin In-Reply-To: Organization: University of Washington, Seattle Status: RO I have a gateway 2000 P5-60 (thier 60 Mhz Pentium) and Linux seems to work pretty well. Admitedly, though I haven't been using Linux for very long and am still a bit of a novice. Thus, I expect I haven't taxed the system quite yet. From bwhwob.escape.de!bernd@erni.escape.de Tue Sep 27 22:41:19 1994 Received: from obelix.icce.rug.nl (root@obelix.icce.rug.nl [129.125.14.129]) by suffix.icce.rug.nl (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id WAA08375 for ; Tue, 27 Sep 1994 22:41:18 +0100 Received: from nanolon.gun.de (nanolon.gun.de [192.109.159.5]) by obelix.icce.rug.nl (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id WAA00543 for ; Tue, 27 Sep 1994 22:41:07 +0100 Received: from erni.escape.de (uucp@localhost) by nanolon.gun.de (8.6.8.1/8.6.6) with UUCP id WAA23691 for icce.rug.nl!frank; Tue, 27 Sep 1994 22:37:35 +0100 Received: by erni.escape.de (Smail3.1.28.1) from bwhwob.escape.de with uucp id ; Tue, 27 Sep 94 21:23 CET Received: by bwhwob.escape.de (Smail3.1.28.1 #14) id m0qpiLp-0000aKC; Tue, 27 Sep 94 20:38 MET Message-Id: Date: Tue, 27 Sep 94 20:38 MET From: bernd@bwhwob.escape.de (Bernd Wiegmann) To: frank@icce.rug.nl (Frank B. Brokken) Subject: Re: Pentiums Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.admin Organization: home, sweet home... X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Status: RO Hi Frank, : This is just a small question, for which I can't find the answer right away: : Is anybody out there running Linux on a Pentium ? If so, have : any problems in installing and getting it to work been encountered ? I have a P-60 board with the mercury-3 chipset and have no problems. It runs as stable as my old board used to run. But it is much faster. The NCR SCSI chip is also no problem. Be sure to get a board with revision 3 of the chipset. This version is more bug-free than the older versions. : [a lot of signature deleted] You have a quite verbose signature. Bernd -- ========================================================================== Bernd Wiegmann | e-mail: bernd@bwhwob.escape.de Grauhorststrasse 15 | Tel.: +49 5361 33622 (voice) D-38440 Wolfsburg | +49 5361 33752 (data) ------------------------------ From: jasong@liverpool.ac.uk (Mr. J.P. Gregory) Subject: keymap question Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 10:54:40 GMT How do I change the default keymap at startup in Linux? I tried to select the UK keymap in the Slackware setup but it wouldn't work, so how do I do it from the prompt? Thanks in advance for any help. Jason. ------------------------------ ** FOR YOUR REFERENCE ** The service address, to which questions about the list itself and requests to be added to or deleted from it should be directed, is: Internet: Linux-Admin-Request@NEWS-DIGESTS.MIT.EDU You can send mail to the entire list (and comp.os.linux.admin) via: Internet: Linux-Admin@NEWS-DIGESTS.MIT.EDU Linux may be obtained via one of these FTP sites: nic.funet.fi pub/OS/Linux tsx-11.mit.edu pub/linux sunsite.unc.edu pub/Linux End of Linux-Admin Digest ******************************