Hi Sheldon,
One humbling thing about the community is how helpful everyone can be.
Pertinent information:
BP6 with dual 500 celerons.
V4.51PG Bios (NJ).
Aureal Vortex 8830 Audio.
Everything stable in Win2000Prof. RedHat 6.1, 6.2 and Pinstripe do not
auto-detect SMP. Win2k correctly detects dual processors.
No sound in all three Linux installations. Win2k fine.
The 3Com card that never worked was the 3Com 3C5098-TPO Etherlink III. I
know have three LinkSys LNE100TX. These seem to be rock solid cards.
Still can't figure how to print to my HP 1100.
Things that are good: Pinstripe detects the settings of my ViewSonic PT795
much better than previous installs. They all seemed always out-of-bounds
and always too small a font. Pinstripe is just perfect. Auto-detects and
mounts both CR_ROMs, the jaz, and my "C" drive which is the Win2k hd.
The only thing that keeps me running back to W2k is the lack of sound and no
SMP.
I'd appreciate figuring out what I'm doing wrong. Its not like I'm new at
this stuff. I've been fooling around with computers since my old TS1000 and
TS2068. I really love the potential freedom of Linux and want to do
everything possible to help StarOffice's spreadsheet to kill Excel in the
workplace.
I just wish things were easier at times. But they are getting better.
Frank
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Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 4:27 PM
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Subject: Re: Is RedHat Linux's worst ennemy?
Frank,
Don't know which version of linux you run, I just built a BP6 dual celeron
box,
the redhat 6.2 installed out of box, it automatically chooses the smp i686
kernel for it. I was preparing for much worse.
Also a cheap alternatives to the tulip cards is the DLink 530TX+
which uses
realtek 8139c driver which is not great, but works.
Hope this helps.
Sheldon
----- Original Message -----
From: Frank Schmuck, CFO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 3:53 PM
Subject: RE: Is RedHat Linux's worst ennemy?
> Is WinXX easier to use? Need some specifics?
>
> 1. Windows2000 auto-detects my BP6 dual processor system. All I have to
> do to get the same level of service with Linux is to edit certain
> setting, recompile the kernel, copy the new one to a new location and
> then reconfigure LILO. Yeah, just about the same.
> 2. Ever set up a printer? Ever do it successfully?
> 3. How about monitors? At least you learn the term "screen refresh."
> Now that's a useful term for a cocktail party. You end up buying twice
> the monitor you need just so that it will work ok.
> 4. Network cards - 3COM - works fine under Windowz, need to trash it for
> Linux.
> 5. How about sound? Hellooooooow? Still can't hear a thing.
> 6. But my Linux system has been running for 24 months now without a
> crash. Well,. I think it has. It has no sound, the NIC doesn't work
> until I can get the new SMP tulip drivers, and I can't get the monitor
> to work because I confused horizontal with verticals screen re-fresh,
> but the little green light seems to be on, so I figure its been up
> without a crash for 24 months - BEAT THAT Windows!
>
> I still love Linux, but I try and hid the bruises when I go out into the
> Windows world. I say I fall down a lot. I mean, I really do still love
> it. I bought RedHat at $110! Really, I do love it. Really. Its just
> that tough love they all talk about.
>
> Frank
>
>
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