I had to respond via the list because of a munged mail header...person who
wrote this message is Benoit Goudreault...
>Item per item:
>
>Processor: OK
>motherboard: No idea, probably fine.
>video: OK. I've heard of some problems with the latest XFree and
> the S3 server, though ; you may want to check the mailing
> list archive.
>sound card: OK. If it's PnP, you'll need isapnptools to configure,
> unless your BIOS is smart enough to do it.
>CD-ROM: OK.
>Hard drive: OK, but be wary of partitions >2GB (it's not your case right
> now, but you may want to expand) as some Linux utils still
> have problems I think (it was the case for cfdisk at
> one time).
>Tape drive: No idea, but it should be fine if it's an IDE tape.
Thanks for the rundown! The tape drive is a floppy tape drive.
>> the K6 chip...I've heard some Linux horror stories about the K6 not
>
>I upgraded to a K6 last Wenesday. No problems so far, and I've put
>some load on the system (compiling the kernel with emacs and netscape
>loaded, while playing Quake... :), though I'll have to make an effort
>to really load it (32 MB is HARD to fill!).
>
>Interestingly enough, Linux gave a few messages about unknown PCI
>devices but still kept booting and has been working flawlessly since.
>However, Win95 refused to boot in anything but safe mode after the
>motherboard upgrade, and I had to reinstall (the lack of diagnostic
>messages made it totally impossible for me to troubleshoot the
>problem).
Good news about being able to run Linux on the K6! Very happy. The folks at
Red Hat said that they did not support the K6 in their literature on their
web site, so when I saw that I got worried.
>
>Overall, I'm very satisfied with the upgrade so far. Note that I
>upgraded the whole system unit in one shot (CPU/motherboard/memory).
>Also note that if your motherboard comes with an USB port, make sure
>you can disable it through the BIOS setup program ; Linux seems to
>dislike USBs.
Yes, the PM8600 tweeze on the Award BIOS allows you to turn off any port
you don't want. Including PS/2 rodents and USB.
>Good luck with your installation.
I suspect I'll need it.
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