[NTLUG:Discuss] Test machine help

[Stan Gatchel]

guile,

Sounds good. I may be interested in a video card for the older machine too.

How do we get together?

I may be in Dallas tomorrow or Friday.

Thanks,

Stan

guile at stupidfactor.com wrote:
> 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
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>   
>> 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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