Incoming from Charles Lewis: > I am setting up a linux lab for a school and was wondering if the following
Define "school." What are they going to be doing? > would be supported by - > > HP 712/100 UNIX WORKSTATIONS > > 100MHz PA-RISC Processor > 64MB RAM (192 max) > 2.1GB Hard Drive > Single Ended SCSI-II > 4MB Integrated video system > Integrated audio system > Integrated 10Mbps LAN I expect a kernel compile may take all night on that CPU, you need to _at least_ double the RAM, the hard drive is _way_ too small. If they're going to just act as shell logins (to teach CLI / bash / networking / etc.) they may be fine. Would I want to use Linux on those boxes now? I don't think so. If you can dig up one other machine and load it to the gills with ram and fast disk, you could turn it all into a NIS/NFS network that might do well. This is assuming Linux runs on PA-RISC; offhand, I can't remember if it does. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling - - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
