Re: Install Debian 9.1 stretch on Pentium II system: pata_hpt3x2n required?

2017-09-05 Thread didier gaumet
Le 05/09/2017 à 11:34, David Max a écrit : > Hello > > I am attempting to install Debian 9.1 stretch on an old Pentium II system. > > Setup -- > > cpu Pentium II 400 MHz > ram 512 MB > video card ATI RAGE IIC AGP > hdd #1 6.8 GB Fujitsu (with Windows installed, als

Re: Install Debian 9.1 stretch on Pentium II system: pata_hpt3x2n required?

2017-09-05 Thread deloptes
David Max wrote: > cpu Pentium II 400 MHz > ram 512 MB > video card ATI RAGE IIC AGP > hdd #1 6.8 GB Fujitsu (with Windows installed, also a 1GB Linux swap > partition) > hdd #2 80 GB Seagate, attached to Highpoint 133SB Rocket Raid (PCI) card the problem here might be the

Re: Install Debian 9.1 stretch on Pentium II system: pata_hpt3x2n required?

2017-09-05 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Sep 05, 2017 at 10:34:46AM +0100, David Max wrote: > Hello > > I am attempting to install Debian 9.1 stretch on an old Pentium II system. > > Setup -- > > cpu Pentium II 400 MHz > ram 512 MB > video card ATI R

Install Debian 9.1 stretch on Pentium II system: pata_hpt3x2n required?

2017-09-05 Thread David Max
Hello I am attempting to install Debian 9.1 stretch on an old Pentium II system. Setup -- cpu Pentium II 400 MHz ram 512 MB video card ATI RAGE IIC AGP hdd #1 6.8 GB Fujitsu (with Windows installed, also a 1GB Linux swap partition) hdd #2 80 GB Seagate, attached to Highpoint 133SB Rocket Raid

Re: Which desktop for an old thinkpad pentium II with 128MB?

2006-06-28 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
On Tuesday 27 June 2006 05:01, Thibaut Paumard wrote: > Le mardi 27 juin 2006 à 10:42 +0200, Arnau a écrit : > > Hi all, > > > >I have an old thinkpad pentium II with 128MB of RAM and I'd like to > > install a desktop. I have been using KDE on that machine and a

Re: Which desktop for an old thinkpad pentium II with 128MB?

2006-06-27 Thread Kevin Mark
On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 10:42:04AM +0200, Arnau wrote: > Hi all, > > I have an old thinkpad pentium II with 128MB of RAM and I'd like to > install a desktop. I have been using KDE on that machine and although > it's usable, now I'd like to use something ligth

Re: Which desktop for an old thinkpad pentium II with 128MB?

2006-06-27 Thread Ramiro Aceves
Arnau wrote: Hi all, I have an old thinkpad pentium II with 128MB of RAM and I'd like to install a desktop. I have been using KDE on that machine and although it's usable, now I'd like to use something ligther. Which desktop would you recommend me? thanks I like fluxb

Re: Which desktop for an old thinkpad pentium II with 128MB?

2006-06-27 Thread Thibaut Paumard
Le mardi 27 juin 2006 à 10:42 +0200, Arnau a écrit : > Hi all, > >I have an old thinkpad pentium II with 128MB of RAM and I'd like to > install a desktop. I have been using KDE on that machine and although > it's usable, now I'd like to use something ligth

Re: Which desktop for an old thinkpad pentium II with 128MB?

2006-06-27 Thread Albert Dengg
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 10:42:04AM +0200, Arnau wrote: > Hi all, > > I have an old thinkpad pentium II with 128MB of RAM and I'd like to install > a desktop. I have been using KDE on that machine and although it's usable,

Which desktop for an old thinkpad pentium II with 128MB?

2006-06-27 Thread Arnau
Hi all, I have an old thinkpad pentium II with 128MB of RAM and I'd like to install a desktop. I have been using KDE on that machine and although it's usable, now I'd like to use something ligther. Which desktop would you recommend me? thanks -- Arnau -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: how to compile packages optimized for Pentium or Pentium-II?

1999-11-05 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
ages so that they be optimized for running > > > > on > > > > Pentium or Pentium-II or else? > > > > Does that mean that gcc normally is NOT Pentium optimized? > > No. GCC can optimize for pentiums, by default it compiles for i386 though. > This i

Re: how to compile packages optimized for Pentium or Pentium-II?

1999-11-05 Thread Ben Collins
On Fri, Nov 05, 1999 at 09:57:07AM -0600, Brian Boonstra wrote: > Ingo wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 04, 1999 at 05:08:04PM +0100, Robert Varga wrote: > > > > > > How can I recompile the packages so that they be optimized for running on > > > Pentium or Pentium-II o

Re: how to compile packages optimized for Pentium or Pentium-II?

1999-11-05 Thread Brian Boonstra
Ingo wrote: > On Thu, Nov 04, 1999 at 05:08:04PM +0100, Robert Varga wrote: > > > > How can I recompile the packages so that they be optimized for running on > > Pentium or Pentium-II or else? According to the docs, this Replaces gcc, cc, and g++ with sc

Re: how to compile packages optimized for Pentium or Pentium-II?

1999-11-04 Thread Ingo Reimann
On Thu, Nov 04, 1999 at 05:08:04PM +0100, Robert Varga wrote: > > How can I recompile the packages so that they be optimized for running on > Pentium or Pentium-II or else? > Hi Robert, i just found a package: pentium-builder, that sets some compiler-flags for that gree

how to compile packages optimized for Pentium or Pentium-II?

1999-11-04 Thread Robert Varga
How can I recompile the packages so that they be optimized for running on Pentium or Pentium-II or else? Robert Varga

Pentium-II

1998-02-26 Thread Clement
th the cache disabled. Interestingly, I have the same problem with a genuine Intel Pentium-II 233 CPU. Switching the cache during installation works. Regards, Clement web URL: http://www.ans.com.au/email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Address: 14

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Pentium II performance?

1998-02-18 Thread Martin Oldfield
My PII-300 system, which has an Intel AL440LX motherboard runs the benchmark thus: joanna% gcc -v Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/2.7.2.3/specs gcc version 2.7.2.3 joanna% gcc -O2 flops.c -o flops joanna% ./flops -5.4193e-130.1407 99.5369 joanna% ./flops -5.4193

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Pentium II performance?

1998-02-18 Thread Mario Filipe
On 17-Feb-98 Marcelo E. Magallon wrote: > On 16 Feb 1998, Ben Pfaff wrote: > >> Can you point me to the source code for the benchmark? I can run it >> on my PII/233 for comparison if you want. > > and Alex Yukhimets: > >> Same here, only with PII/300. > > You can find the source code here: >

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Pentium II performance?

1998-02-17 Thread C.J.LAWSON
Thanks for the info JOn On Tue, 17 Feb 1998, Stephen Gregory wrote: > SGI workstations aren't that fast cpu wise. Where they run circles > around other computers is due to SGI's fantastic graphics and > rendering. This dosen't mean that they are slow. I was useing an SGI > INDY2 with 180M

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Pentium II performance?

1998-02-17 Thread Andy Kahn
"Marcelo E. Magallon" wrote: -> -> On 16 Feb 1998, Ben Pfaff wrote: -> -> > Can you point me to the source code for the benchmark? I can run it -> > on my PII/233 for comparison if you want. -> -> and Alex Yukhimets: -> -> > Same here, only with PII/300. -> -> You can find the source code her

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Pentium II performance?

1998-02-17 Thread Stephen P. Ryan
On 17 Feb, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote: > On 16 Feb 1998, Ben Pfaff wrote: > >> Can you point me to the source code for the benchmark? I can run it >> on my PII/233 for comparison if you want. > > and Alex Yukhimets: > >> Same here, only with PII/300. > > You can find the source code here: > >

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Pentium II performance?

1998-02-17 Thread aqy6633
> On 16 Feb 1998, Ben Pfaff wrote: > > > Can you point me to the source code for the benchmark? I can run it > > on my PII/233 for comparison if you want. > > and Alex Yukhimets: > > > Same here, only with PII/300. > > You can find the source code here: > >http://www.efis.ucr.ac.cr/~mmaga

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Pentium II performance?

1998-02-17 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
On 16 Feb 1998, Ben Pfaff wrote: > Can you point me to the source code for the benchmark? I can run it > on my PII/233 for comparison if you want. and Alex Yukhimets: > Same here, only with PII/300. You can find the source code here: http://www.efis.ucr.ac.cr/~mmagallo/flops_p.c This is e

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Pentium II performance?

1998-02-17 Thread Stephen Gregory
SGI workstations aren't that fast cpu wise. Where they run circles around other computers is due to SGI's fantastic graphics and rendering. This dosen't mean that they are slow. I was useing an SGI INDY2 with 180Mhz(hmm, that seems to fast) R5000 mips processor to crack RC5 under the Bovine project

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Pentium II performance?

1998-02-17 Thread C.J.LAWSON
All this talk of flops has left me wondering is there any similar benchmarking (better still comparative info) for the SGI's? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Pentium II performance?

1998-02-17 Thread Tyson Dowd
days ago a professor here bought a Pentium II/233 system. He > promptly installed Debian on it, and let me use it for my (thesis) work. > First thing I did was to benchmark the thing using a program of my own. > This program says a Pentium MMX/166 (my old pc) gives about 24 Mflop/s. A

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Pentium II performance?

1998-02-17 Thread Alex Yukhimets
>I know I'm not playing fair comparing the systems this way (different >kernels, memory, chipset, ...) but I was hoping somebody could give better >statistics on this. > > Can you point me to the source code for the benchmark? I can run it > on my PII/233 for comparison if you want.

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Pentium II performance?

1998-02-17 Thread Ben Pfaff
I know I'm not playing fair comparing the systems this way (different kernels, memory, chipset, ...) but I was hoping somebody could give better statistics on this. Can you point me to the source code for the benchmark? I can run it on my PII/233 for comparison if you want. -- TO UNSUB

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Pentium II performance?

1998-02-17 Thread Stephen P. Ryan
On 16 Feb, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote: > Hi, > > I know this is off topic, but I don't have access to cola (and > newsgroups in general) and I feel more confortable asking here, because I > want Linux specific answers. > > Ten days ago a professor here boug

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Pentium II performance?

1998-02-17 Thread Richard B. Talley
On 16 Feb 98 at 16:31, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote: > The PII says 39 Mflop/s. >I was kinda hoping something near 80 Mflop/s for the PII I'm not surprised. Everything I've read indicates the x86 series is running out room for improvements. Your findings are another confirmation. Richard B. Tall

[OFF-TOPIC] Pentium II performance?

1998-02-16 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
Hi, I know this is off topic, but I don't have access to cola (and newsgroups in general) and I feel more confortable asking here, because I want Linux specific answers. Ten days ago a professor here bought a Pentium II/233 system. He promptly installed Debian on it, and l

ASUS Pentium II motherboard

1998-01-19 Thread Mike Hill
My computer at work is being upgraded this week to an ASUS P2L97 AGP motherboard with a 233-MHz Pentium II. I'm moving from a Compaq Deskpro 200-MHz Pentium Pro, but I get to keep the hard drive, SMP EtherPower card and Matrox Millenium PCI video card (no video upgrade to AGP yet). On th

Re: Pentium II supported?

1997-11-28 Thread Tommy Lakofski
On Fri, 28 Nov 1997, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Thu, Nov 27, 1997 at 07:41:25PM -0500, Tommy Lakofski wrote: > > The Pentium II is just a Pro with a different (anticompetitive ;) mounting > > and different (cheaper) L2 caching (AFAIK). Choose 'Pentium Pro' in the > &g

Re: Pentium II supported?

1997-11-28 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Thu, Nov 27, 1997 at 07:41:25PM -0500, Tommy Lakofski wrote: > The Pentium II is just a Pro with a different (anticompetitive ;) mounting > and different (cheaper) L2 caching (AFAIK). Choose 'Pentium Pro' in the > kernel compile configuration. Surely their are architectur

Re: Pentium II supported?

1997-11-28 Thread Tommy Lakofski
On Fri, 28 Nov 1997, Richard L Shepherd wrote: > Do Pentium II chip machines run Linux? For instance the kernel build > procedure (e.g. make xconfig) only has options for up to Pemtium Pro > machines, which may be just a case of someone not having got-around-to > putting the option

Re: Pentium II supported?

1997-11-27 Thread Behan Webster
Richard L Shepherd wrote: > > This may be a dumb question, but here goes: > > Do Pentium II chip machines run Linux? For instance the kernel build > procedure (e.g. make xconfig) only has options for up to Pemtium Pro > machines, which may be just a case of someone not ha

Pentium II supported?

1997-11-27 Thread Richard L Shepherd
This may be a dumb question, but here goes: Do Pentium II chip machines run Linux? For instance the kernel build procedure (e.g. make xconfig) only has options for up to Pemtium Pro machines, which may be just a case of someone not having got-around-to putting the options in yet, or is there a

Pentium II Boards

1997-08-29 Thread Markus Diesmann
Hi, we are planning to buy a two processor board to be prepared for future demands. However, currently we want to use it with a single processor. We are considering a TYAN S1682D, Dual Pentium II board with a Pentium II 266MHz processor. I looked at the hardware compatibility HOWTO but