Re: Gigabyte 586S and Cyrix 200+ (was Dual Pentium Machines)

1997-07-18 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Thu, 17 Jul 1997, Kevin M. Bealer wrote: > The system has been up for "32 minutes" according to uptime, and they > are actually /not/ noticeably hot, just slightly above "cold metal" > temperature. Large shiny pieces of copper-colored metal, large enough > to /look/ like they should be hot.

Re: Gigabyte 586S and Cyrix 200+ (was Dual Pentium Machines)

1997-07-17 Thread Kevin M. Bealer
Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > >On Thu, 17 Jul 1997, Kevin M. Bealer wrote: > >> After trying all sorts of measures, I have found one that seems so far >> to reliably fix the problem: run it with the case off. Since there is >> unlikely to be any "grounding problems" because of the way the case is >>

Re: Gigabyte 586S and Cyrix 200+ (was Dual Pentium Machines)

1997-07-17 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Thu, 17 Jul 1997, Kevin M. Bealer wrote: > After trying all sorts of measures, I have found one that seems so far > to reliably fix the problem: run it with the case off. Since there is > unlikely to be any "grounding problems" because of the way the case is > laid out (its a full tower, the

Re: Gigabyte 586S and Cyrix 200+ (was Dual Pentium Machines)

1997-07-17 Thread Kevin M. Bealer
"Kevin M. Bealer" wrote: >"Kevin M. Bealer" wrote: >(clipping orig post and most of reply...) >> (again...) >(grinding teeth) > >Kernel compiles are failing (twice). No signal 11's, just the compile >complains about things as though random characters were inserted into >a compile pipe or somethin

Re: Gigabyte 586S and Cyrix 200+ (was Dual Pentium Machines)

1997-07-17 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Wed, 16 Jul 1997, Kevin M. Bealer wrote: > It is on the Cyrix "recommended" list as well, and has specific > documentation for setting up with this CPU (Cyrix 200+ has a 75 MHz > bus speed; if your MB runs it at 60 MHz bus, you effectively have > a 200 * (60/75) = 160.) > I guess it's going

Re: Gigabyte 586S and Cyrix 200+ (was Dual Pentium Machines)

1997-07-16 Thread Kevin M. Bealer
Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > >On Tue, 15 Jul 1997, Kevin M. Bealer wrote: > >> "Kevin M. Bealer" wrote: > >> Following up on this: >> >> After: >> >> 1) installing set6x86 >> 2) Setting all BIOS settings to maximum delay timings (for RAM) >> 3) Setting the ISA bus frequency to 7.159 MHz (lowest setti

Re: Gigabyte 586S and Cyrix 200+ (was Dual Pentium Machines)

1997-07-15 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Tue, 15 Jul 1997, Kevin M. Bealer wrote: > "Kevin M. Bealer" wrote: > Following up on this: > > After: > > 1) installing set6x86 > 2) Setting all BIOS settings to maximum delay timings (for RAM) > 3) Setting the ISA bus frequency to 7.159 MHz (lowest setting) >(only my CDROM, modem, and

Re: Gigabyte 586S and Cyrix 200+ (was Dual Pentium Machines)

1997-07-15 Thread Kevin M. Bealer
"Kevin M. Bealer" wrote: (clipping orig post and most of reply...) > >I would suggest subscribing to linux-smp, and look at the archives for >the list, too. I asked this question a week or two ago and then >decided that the Cyrix 200+ with a Gigabyte 586S board was the best >for the money(*). > (c

Re: Dual Pentium Machines

1997-07-14 Thread Kevin M. Bealer
Greg Vence wrote: >Hello, > >Its time to upgrade... What dual Pentium machines do people like and >what have known problems? I looked in LDP and didn't see anything >regarding this topic. > >Thanx -- Greg. > I would suggest subscribing to linux-smp, and look at t

Dual Pentium Machines

1997-07-13 Thread Greg Vence
Hello, Its time to upgrade... What dual Pentium machines do people like and what have known problems? I looked in LDP and didn't see anything regarding this topic. Thanx -- Greg. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . T

Re: dual pentium

1996-12-24 Thread Tim Sailer
In your email to me, Bruce Perens, you wrote: > > I haven't heard of anyone trying SMP (symmetric multiprocessing) yet. > You'd probably be the first. > > You'd have to recompile the kernel with SMP support. There also may be > some SMP support tools that should be packaged for Debian. Try it out

Re: dual pentium

1996-12-24 Thread Martin Konold
On Mon, 23 Dec 1996, Bruce Perens wrote: Dear Bruce, > I haven't heard of anyone trying SMP (symmetric multiprocessing) yet. > You'd probably be the first. You may install without problems with one of your single processor kernels. > You'd have to recompile the kernel with SMP support. There a

Re: dual pentium

1996-12-24 Thread Martin Konold
On Sun, 24 Nov 1996, Fundamental wrote: > Can debian 1.1 handle dual PPro Processors? Definetelly! I running it right now :-) (ASUS, DualPPro,256MB,9GB) ( I made my > 2GB partitions after rebooting with base install Yours, -- martin // Martin Konold, Muenzgasse 7, 72070 Tuebingen, Germany //

Re: dual pentium

1996-12-24 Thread Bruce Perens
I haven't heard of anyone trying SMP (symmetric multiprocessing) yet. You'd probably be the first. You'd have to recompile the kernel with SMP support. There also may be some SMP support tools that should be packaged for Debian. Try it out, and tell us how difficult it was. Thanks

dual pentium

1996-12-24 Thread Fundamental
Can debian 1.1 handle dual PPro Processors? thanks Im out like bellbottom trousers, michael ///\ "Wake up Muttley, your dreamin` again" c-00-Wacky Racers \ > |\_- \ / . http://www.electric-rain.net/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THI