Re: [gentoo-user] (A bit OT) Gentoo on a Dell OptiPlex G1

2005-06-29 Thread Walter Dnes
On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 05:20:42PM -0400, Colin wrote > Taking a guess here: > CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" > CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -fstack-protector" From my PIII's /etc/make.conf CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -fomit-frame-pointer -mmmx -msse -mfpmath=sse" CHOST

Re: [gentoo-user] (A bit OT) Gentoo on a Dell OptiPlex G1

2005-06-28 Thread Colin
Bill Roberts wrote: There is a problem with the power supply on Dell. At some point, they reversed the polarity, making it proprietary. If you put a non-Dell motherboard on one of those machines without changing out the powersupply, you'll fry it. Fully aware of that. Fortunately, I didn't l

Re: [gentoo-user] (A bit OT) Gentoo on a Dell OptiPlex G1

2005-06-28 Thread Bill Roberts
There is a problem with the power supply on Dell. At some point, they reversed the polarity, making it proprietary. If you put a non-Dell motherboard on one of those machines without changing out the powersupply, you'll fry it. The details are available at http://hardwareguys.com . Bill Roberts

Re: [gentoo-user] (A bit OT) Gentoo on a Dell OptiPlex G1

2005-06-28 Thread Peng
On 6/28/05, Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Peng wrote: > > >On 6/28/05, Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>A. Khattri wrote: > >> > >>>On Mon, 27 Jun 2005, Colin wrote: > >>> > CPU: Undecided, some flavor of Pentium III > RAM: 256 MB > Storage: 700 MB IDE (/boot, somet

Re: [gentoo-user] (A bit OT) Gentoo on a Dell OptiPlex G1

2005-06-28 Thread Colin
Peng wrote: On 6/28/05, Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: A. Khattri wrote: On Mon, 27 Jun 2005, Colin wrote: CPU: Undecided, some flavor of Pentium III RAM: 256 MB Storage: 700 MB IDE (/boot, something else) Storage: 18.2 GB Ultra160 SCSI (on a Series 428 MegaRAID) OS: Windows NT Se

Re: [gentoo-user] (A bit OT) Gentoo on a Dell OptiPlex G1

2005-06-28 Thread Peng
On 6/28/05, Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A. Khattri wrote: > > >On Mon, 27 Jun 2005, Colin wrote: > > > > > >>CPU: Undecided, some flavor of Pentium III > >>RAM: 256 MB > >>Storage: 700 MB IDE (/boot, something else) > >>Storage: 18.2 GB Ultra160 SCSI (on a Series 428 MegaRAID) > >>OS:

Re: [gentoo-user] (A bit OT) Gentoo on a Dell OptiPlex G1

2005-06-28 Thread Colin
A. Khattri wrote: On Mon, 27 Jun 2005, Colin wrote: CPU: Undecided, some flavor of Pentium III RAM: 256 MB Storage: 700 MB IDE (/boot, something else) Storage: 18.2 GB Ultra160 SCSI (on a Series 428 MegaRAID) OS: Windows NT Server... kidding! Gentoo! If you go to the Dell support

Re: [gentoo-user] (A bit OT) Gentoo on a Dell OptiPlex G1

2005-06-28 Thread A. Khattri
On Mon, 27 Jun 2005, Colin wrote: > CPU: Undecided, some flavor of Pentium III > RAM: 256 MB > Storage: 700 MB IDE (/boot, something else) > Storage: 18.2 GB Ultra160 SCSI (on a Series 428 MegaRAID) > OS: Windows NT Server... kidding! Gentoo! If you go to the Dell support web site and punch

Re: [gentoo-user] (A bit OT) Gentoo on a Dell OptiPlex G1

2005-06-27 Thread Colin
Walter Dnes wrote: On Sun, Jun 26, 2005 at 04:36:51PM -0400, Colin wrote Has anyone had any experience with this? Would Gentoo install and run on this machine without any problems? It looks like it will make an ideal server/NAT gateway/distcc node/rsync server/DHCP server/DNS server/wirele

Re: [gentoo-user] (A bit OT) Gentoo on a Dell OptiPlex G1

2005-06-27 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sun, Jun 26, 2005 at 04:36:51PM -0400, Colin wrote > Has anyone had any experience with this? Would Gentoo install and > run on this machine without any problems? It looks like it will make > an ideal server/NAT gateway/distcc node/rsync server/DHCP server/DNS > server/wireless AP for my home

Re: [gentoo-user] (A bit OT) Gentoo on a Dell OptiPlex G1

2005-06-26 Thread Jonathan Nichols
Well, Dells always have been rather interesting machines, from the custom power supplies to the PCI bus mastering in some slots; add in the recent discussion about Gentoo on a Dell... I just thought I'd ask before I start buying hardware. Possibly the older ones, but I haven't had trouble

Re: [gentoo-user] (A bit OT) Gentoo on a Dell OptiPlex G1

2005-06-26 Thread Colin
A. Khattri wrote: On Sun, 26 Jun 2005, Colin wrote: Has anyone had any experience with this? Would Gentoo install and run on this machine without any problems? Is there anything special about this machine to make you think it wouldn't? Well, Dells always have been rather interesting

Re: [gentoo-user] (A bit OT) Gentoo on a Dell OptiPlex G1

2005-06-26 Thread A. Khattri
On Sun, 26 Jun 2005, Colin wrote: > Has anyone had any experience with this? Would Gentoo install and run > on this machine without any problems? Is there anything special about this machine to make you think it wouldn't? -- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] (A bit OT) Gentoo on a Dell OptiPlex G1

2005-06-26 Thread Simon Castillo
Michael Haan wrote: On 6/26/05, Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Has anyone had any experience with this? Would Gentoo install and run on this machine without any problems? It looks like it will make an ideal server/NAT gateway/distcc node/rsync server/DHCP server/DNS server/wireless AP fo

Re: [gentoo-user] (A bit OT) Gentoo on a Dell OptiPlex G1

2005-06-26 Thread Michael Haan
On 6/26/05, Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone had any experience with this? Would Gentoo install and run > on this machine without any problems? It looks like it will make an > ideal server/NAT gateway/distcc node/rsync server/DHCP server/DNS > server/wireless AP for my home network.