[NTLUG:Discuss] Using Shuttle SFF as NAS

[Gilbert Morrow]

My first Shuttle was a SK41G I think , and SuSE 9.1 would give me fits with
the onboard VIA graphics , could disable in BIOS but SuSE would try to use
or get confused with the AGP card , SuSE 9.2 problem fixed , I changed from
a desktop rig that was overclocked and running water cooling , so I water
cooled the Shuttle for a while , got bored with water cooling and went back
to air .
Love the Shuttles XPC SFF designs and now both my wife and I have one , I am
soon to replace one with a Alienware M9700 laptop , more mobile , but yet
fast and powerful .
SN85G4 V3 , 2 gigs Cosair XMS ram , nVIDIA 7800 GS AGP , 300 gig PATA 133 16
mb buffer , 3400 + AMD 64bit L2 512 cache .
SN85G4 V2 , 1.5 gigs Samsung ram , nVIDIA 6800 GS AGP , 200 gig PATA 133 8
mb buffer , 2800 + AMD 64bit L2 512 cache .
Love SuSE 10.1 GM and XGL , Compiz desktop . Ooooh eye candy . lol
GM

On 6/24/06, steve <sjbaker1 at airmail.net> wrote:
>
> Robert Pearson wrote:
>
> > How are you, the Shuttle owners, using your Shuttle's?
>
> Mine is my regular home computer - it's got a 3GHz CPU,
> a gig of RAM, a 200GB and a 300GB hard drive and a
> combo DVD player CD-writer.   Graphics is an nVidia
> 6800 Ultra (AGP) and the PCI bus slot is taken up
> by a PCI SCSI board so I can run my UMAX Astra
> scanner.
>
> I got it as a 'bare bones' system in Fry's - $135
> for the box, PSU and mobo - I bought a CPU for it
> and everything else came out of my old deskside
> machine.  Motherboard audio & networking worked
> OK.  Mouse, Joystick, Webcam, Goldtouch keyboard
> and a separate Targus number pad all run on USB.
>
> I put SuSE 9.3 on it - but it wouldn't recognise
> the graphics card if I installed 64bit Linux - so
> I had to install 32bit on it.   Sometime when I
> have time I'll figure out why - but for now this
> is plenty good for what I need it for.
>
> The box runs suprisingly cool and quiet given that
> it's pretty much fully stuffed with internal hardware.
>
> I'm very pleased with it.
>
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