[NTLUG:Discuss] Test machine help

[guile at stupidfactor.com]

I have IDE and I have a few Ultra160 SCSI drives

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stan Gatchel" <sgatchel at psltech.com>
To: "NTLUG Discussion List" <discuss at ntlug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Test machine help


> 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.
>>
>>
>> guile
>>
>>
>> ----- 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
>>
>>
>>
>>> 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
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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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