re: My ultimate linux box

2002-05-09 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On 9 May 2002, Jens Tollofsen wrote: > Would be cool with water cooling in it. koolance or some other vendor, > and isolate the box with noisekiller pads. shouldnt sound that much > then. I love my Koolance box. Put it in mode two, leave the window open. Ursine drowns out the outside world drown

Re: My ultimate linux box - raid

2002-05-09 Thread Matthew Sackman
Here's the big clue about that version of onboard RAID: it needs kernel support. Therefore it's not transparent hardware RAID. Infact, it's closer to software raid than anything else. Just crappy cheap and unreliable. Do not buy cheap components for backup. If anything, spend more money on backup

Re: My ultimate linux box

2002-05-09 Thread Matthew Sackman
On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 06:11:45PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Tue, 2002-05-07 at 05:34, csj wrote: > > On Mon, 6 May 2002 12:08:06 -0500 > > Michael Kahle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I am agreeing that I could scale it all back, but why? The ton of RAM > > > and dual procs is also be

re: My ultimate linux box

2002-05-09 Thread Jens Tollofsen
Would be cool with water cooling in it. koolance or some other vendor, and isolate the box with noisekiller pads. shouldnt sound that much then. Only bad thing with the koolance box is that its so small. With the price that box will have i supose you have won on a lottery or something in that way.

Re: My ultimate linux box

2002-05-07 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2002-05-07 at 05:34, csj wrote: > On Mon, 6 May 2002 12:08:06 -0500 > Michael Kahle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am agreeing that I could scale it all back, but why? The ton of RAM > > and dual procs is also because for the Windoz apps I still need, I am > > going to be running VMWa

Re: My ultimate linux box

2002-05-07 Thread csj
On Mon, 6 May 2002 12:08:06 -0500 Michael Kahle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am agreeing that I could scale it all back, but why? The ton of RAM > and dual procs is also because for the Windoz apps I still need, I am > going to be running VMWare, if you've every ran it, it is a HOG! But > like

Re: My ultimate linux box - raid

2002-05-06 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya none of the onboard raid stuff works ( properly )... - test it... pull the cable and see if it stil boots and try it the other way with the other ide cable... - if it works... than they may have fixed some of the raid mirroring problems in hw ( ie their firmware )

Re: My ultimate linux box

2002-05-06 Thread Scott Henson
On Sun, 2002-05-05 at 22:53, Michael Kahle wrote: > Here are the specs: > Case: Enlight Full Tower (EN-89020SX34) > Power Supply: Enermax 550W > Mainboard: Tyan Tiger MPX I hear MSI has some nice Mother boards. A friend just picked up a sweet one with IDE raid built in and crazy extras. They migh

Re: My ultimate linux box

2002-05-06 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Michael" == Michael Kahle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Michael> Hello, I am currently building a new computer to replace Michael> my P150 overclocked to P166! :) It's about time! Michael> The system will run Debian GNU/Linux, so I want to ensure Michael> that the hardware I

Re: My ultimate linux box

2002-05-06 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, * Michael Kahle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [02-05-06 04:53]: >The system will run Debian GNU/Linux, so I want to ensure that the hardware >I go with will be compatable. You input is greatly appreciated. My two most important hardware things are the screen (Eizo F56, but you should choose one from th

Re: My ultimate linux box

2002-05-06 Thread Michael Kahle
Tom, > This is my impresseion also. In particular I wonder what use you > could have for RAID 5, SCSI, tape backup, a Sound Blaster Audigy > Platinum and an ATI All-in-Wonder on the same box. The first three > are definite server-ware, while the last two (and maybe the DVD > player) sound like y

Re: My ultimate linux box

2002-05-06 Thread Michael Kahle
> What are you going to be using this machine for? This sounds like > overoveroveroverkill for a desktop machine (and inappropriate for a > server...). Save yourself a lot of money and just get IDE drives and use > software RAID, if you really want it. Then again, I don't know anything > about your

Re: My ultimate linux box

2002-05-06 Thread Wendell Cochran
> > * Michael Kahle ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020505 20:14]: [snip] > > > Case: Enlight Full Tower (EN-89020SX34) > > > Power Supply: Enermax 550W > > > Mainboard: Tyan Tiger MPX > > > Processor: 2x Athlon MP1800's > > > Ram: Crucial 1.5GB DDR PC2100 Registered > > > Monitor: Viewsonic P255f > > > Soun

Re: My ultimate linux box

2002-05-06 Thread Peter Whysall
On Mon, 2002-05-06 at 09:15, Tom Cook wrote: > On 0, Vineet Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * Michael Kahle ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020505 20:14]: > > > Here are the specs: > > > Case: Enlight Full Tower (EN-89020SX34) > > > Power Supply: Enermax 550W > > > Mainboard: Tyan Tiger MPX > > > Proces

Re: My ultimate linux box

2002-05-06 Thread Tom Cook
On 0, Vineet Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Michael Kahle ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020505 20:14]: > > Here are the specs: > > Case: Enlight Full Tower (EN-89020SX34) > > Power Supply: Enermax 550W > > Mainboard: Tyan Tiger MPX > > Processor: 2x Athlon MP1800's > > Ram: Crucial 1.5GB DDR PC2100 R

Re: My ultimate linux box

2002-05-06 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Michael Kahle ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020505 20:14]: > Here are the specs: > Case: Enlight Full Tower (EN-89020SX34) > Power Supply: Enermax 550W > Mainboard: Tyan Tiger MPX > Processor: 2x Athlon MP1800's > Ram: Crucial 1.5GB DDR PC2100 Registered > Monitor: Viewsonic P255f > Soundcard: Sound Blast