[NTLUG:Discuss] installing issues with lrp on Compaqs

Kevin gandalf.middleearth at verizon.net
Mon Jun 10 02:06:13 CDT 2002


Hello Fellow NTLUGers,

I too have for years been biased against HP, PB, and Compaq. Almost as much as I hate MicroS*it.

One quick little tidbit FYI. About 2 years ago, my brother was just about to throw out an old Compaq Prosignia VS server. 486 66mhz  w/8MB Ram. For some unknown reason ( I at times tend to be a packrat)    I stopped him.

I have been involved in Linux since about early '94 (I know, some have been around alot longer) and was starting to feel pretty good about myself. So I decided to make this old box a Linux project. I did some research, and decided to install the Linux Router Project and use it as a firewall/ router for my DSL connection.

The short of it is, after much headscrathing, cussing, fits of fits, and alot of reading, I finally got the thing to work. With the exception of the onboard NIC. ( AMD PCnet 32) it worked like a charm. It was booted up without error or reboot for 11 months, and the only reason for that reboot was the power-outage that struck south Irving last year. 

I have since moved, there is no DSL or Cable service in this area ( isnt it 2002 ? ), so I am relegated to an old 56k connection. But the Compaq/ Linux box sits here, 3 feet away, waiting with the FrazierWall Linux floppy in the drive, for when I do get high-speed access again.

One last note, a freind on the internet sent me a driver he claims will work for the onboard NIC, so I now have a little more fun to look forward to as far as getting it to work again, but that is half the fun of Linux.

So I have learned that my biases may not all be appropriate, with the possible exception of my PB thing and I know I still hate MicoS*it.




======= At 2002-06-10, 00:22:00 you wrote: =======

>Kevin E. Ivey wrote:
>> Chris Cox wrote:
>> 
>....
>>> up valuable real estate that use to house a quality
>>> Packard Bell 486SX (OC'd to 33mhz!). 
>> 
>> 
>> I can't believe you used the words "quality" and "Packard Bell" in the 
>> same sentence.
>
>It was meant to be a slam against Compaq.  It is true though
>that the quality (compatability) of Packard Bell seems to be
>much greater than with Compaq (desktops).
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>http://www.ntlug.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>.

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
			

Best regards.				 
Kevin
gandalf.middleearth at verizon.net
2002-06-10

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: fox.gif
Type: image/gif
Size: 9519 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://ntlug.org/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20020610/bb17dd37/fox.gif


More information about the Discuss mailing list