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Article #4297Re: Hardware Questions from (go figure) a newbie....
From: Steven C. Hendrickson
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 00:00
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You might look for hardware compatibility in <www.redhat.com> ; also, they have a big FAQ section dealing with such items. good luck Steve Hendrickson Rusty Tanton wrote in message <36029f85.13476639@news.utk.edu>... >I just picked up my copy of RedHat 5.1. I'm a newbie to Linux, and >maybe I should have asked these questions before I went and bought the >software. My hardware configuration is as follows: > >Intel AL440LX motherboard >Pentium II 333mhz processor >128 megs SDRAM >6 gig Western Digital hard disk on primary IDE > >First, I have a Toshiba SD-M1102 IDE DVD-ROM as the primary drive on >the secondary chain. Will Linux be able to recognize and use this >drive? I don't care if it will read DVDs or not, I just need to be >able to read CD-ROMs with it. > >Second, I've heard that Linux does not support the AGP graphics port. >I have a Diamond Stealth G460 AGP card. Will X-Windows run properly >using this card? > >Third, I have an Imation LS-120 internal 3 1/2" disk drive as the >slave on my secondary IDE chain (not on the floppy controller). The >same goes for this as the DVD ROM, I don't care about reading the 120 >meg disks, just regular old floppies. > >The BIOS says that all of these drives are bootable, but the DVD >wouldn't boot Windows 98 directly...I had to install DOS from a floppy >first, and then Windows from there. I plan to use either Partition >Magic or System Commander, so I'm really just asking about hardware >compatibility. > >Thanks, >Rusty Tanton
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