Re: Is Linux much easier to install on 68k or PPC?
On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> Good post; I agree. My own server machine here at home (very non-critical)
> has two IDE hard drives and a SCSI CD-ROM, all attached to a VLB
> SCSI/IDE controller which I bought out of the junk basket from a local
> electronics store for $5. Works great under Linux. The rest of the
> system is a 486-33 motherboard and cpu I got for nothing,
> 12mb of RAM, 4mb in 30 pin simms, cranky old IDEs, a soundblaster
> cdrom, etc. Linux works well on it. Not for development for me,
> but a good web/smb/netware/print server.
This is somewhat pushing the limits but still a very reasonable use for
an old machine with just enough resources to make it a pity to throw it
away but not enough to use it as a primary machine (even after upgrades).
I am preparing to use a somewhat larger (just slightly - mainly more
memory) machine as a hub for a leased line (with an FR card from Sangoma).
[Cyrix snipalia]
I could not agree more. There are two primary reasons to get a Pentium
now - SMP and/or heavy FP work (be it games or number crunching).
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