[NTLUG:Discuss] Test machine help

[Stan Gatchel]

Is it IDE?

Thanks

Stan


guile at stupidfactor.com wrote:
> Depending on what size you need, I have a 20 gig drive you can have. I can 
> sanitize it and send it to you or try to make it to the next meeting.
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> guile
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Stan Gatchel" <sgatchel at psltech.com>
> To: "NTLUG Discussion List" <discuss at ntlug.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 10:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Test machine help
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>> Leroy,
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion. That is definitely an option and maybe the
>> best one since the testing would be done on the same machine that I
>> eventually want to use for production.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Stan
>>
>> Leroy Tennison wrote:
>>     
>>> Stan Gatchel wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> guile,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the response. This is not all I can afford. I have a main
>>>> machine (AMD 64) but use it to run my small business. Can't afford to be
>>>> testing distro's on it and accidentally take it out. So the idea was to
>>>> use this older machine to try out different distro's and see which one
>>>> would be a good choice for the production machine. Then I would install
>>>> the full version on the production machine having some confidence in the
>>>> distro and the installation process.
>>>>
>>>> I think the test machine could use some more memory and perhaps a better
>>>> supported video card (Matrox?). If you have anything like this, I would
>>>> be glad to buy it.
>>>>
>>>> One more thing. From my choice of distro's you probably guessed I like
>>>> KDE. Just my preference.
>>>>
>>>> Are you going to be at the Linux Fair?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Stan
>>>>
>>>> guile at stupidfactor.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>> From: "Stan Gatchel" <sgatchel at psltech.com>
>>>>> To: "NTLUG Discussion List" <discuss at ntlug.org>
>>>>> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 1:23 PM
>>>>> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Test machine help
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>           
>>>>>> I am on the prowl for a new distro. No more reading reviews. That led 
>>>>>> me
>>>>>> to SuSE 10.1 which was not good. Now, I want to try them first (live
>>>>>> CD's). I have an older machine purchased in 2001 which I thought would
>>>>>> ok for this. So I bought a bunch of Live CD's to try. When I booted
>>>>>> them, they all gave me distorted graphics (narrow band of diagonals) 
>>>>>> on
>>>>>> the screen or other messages (like graphics card not recognized). I
>>>>>> suspect the old ATI rage graphics card. Below are the spec's for the
>>>>>> machine. Maybe an old Matrox card would do better?
>>>>>> Here is the disto list:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sabayon 3.1
>>>>>> Elive 0.5
>>>>>> Freespire 1.0
>>>>>> SimplyMEPIS 6.0
>>>>>> Kubuntu 6.10
>>>>>> Mandriva One 2007
>>>>>> PCLinuxOS 0.39a
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here are the machine specs
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hardware Brand Bus Comments
>>>>>> CPU AMD Athlon (i386)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Disk WD400BB-53CAA0 IDE
>>>>>> Disk WD200BB-00AUA1 IDE
>>>>>> CD-RW PlexWriter (PX-W1610A) IDE
>>>>>> CD-ROM N/A
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Display ATI Rage Fury Pro/ Xpert 2000 Pro (128) PCI Card type AGP --
>>>>>> Northbridge adapter?
>>>>>> Floppy Yes
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Memory 250 MB
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Modem Agere V.90 56K Winmodem
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Net Card Dlink 10/100
>>>>>>
>>>>>> USB 2 ports (USB 1.1)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sound ASUSTek Deluxe motherboard (RealTek ALC850 codec)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Stan
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>>>>> Do you want to run it on older hardware or is that all you have/can 
>>>>> afford?
>>>>> I have plenty of surplus hardware so if you need anything email me and 
>>>>> I'll
>>>>> let you know if I have it. Of course anything I have in surplus will be
>>>>> donated if you need it.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -guile
>>>>>
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>>> Another alternative: Pick up a used hard drive at one of the Saturday
>>> sales real cheap (probably $1 per GB, for a 10-20 GB drive which would
>>> be adequate it's well worth it).  I keep a couple "just for play".
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