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Re: Hardware for new Linux box

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From: Tom Bird
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 00:00
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In article <MPG.1296dacfe40858659896b6@horizon.co.uk>, {R}@sunshine.tm
writes
>In article <6HB5$DA3EyK4Ewv$@dbqa.demon.co.uk>, 
>hamster@nospam.demon.co.uk says...
>}I want a cheap bootable Linux supported narrow [1] SCSI card[2].
>}
>}[1] Well, I won't complain if it's wide as well...
>}
>}[2] I got the nice 18Gb UW disk and the 2Gb narrow one is still in there
>}but there is little point in having it there with 18Gb above it.  It is
>}faster (and obviously bigger) than the 1Gb IDE in the main Linux box.
>
>What you want is a 2940U2W in an overclocked Celery 300A and twin 9Gb U2W 
                                                              ^^^^^^^^
Disk size war?  eh?

18Gb UW 7200RPM UltraStar, 2Gb Conner, 1.5Gb Digital.  All SCSI.

Total: 21.5Gb.

>drives, and 256K ram.
                ^ my 286 had more than that... :)
>My little 166MMX 80Mb Thinkpad takes 15 mins to compile the linux kernel
>Kane does the same in 27 seconds. I think its processor bound :((

Get a 366 from ukgamers and do it at 550MHz.  As soon as I get a job,
I'll ditch the old slow 417MHz I have now to get a 550.  417 is so last
week.

TB       Busby the cat 1984 - 22.9.1999  :(
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From: Tom Bird <hamster@nospam.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Hardware for new Linux box
Date: 1999/11/14
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