Re: A 486 w/ Linux

Article View: uk.comp.os.linux

Article #83

#83

From: David Hallowell
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 1998 00:00

23 lines
1713 bytes

Chris Green wrote:
> 
> On a related subject I have to decide between a 486DX4/100 and a
> NexGen P90 (no FPU) for setting up a RedHat Linux system.  It's main
> function will be as a file server running Samba.

> Which will be better the 486DX/100 or the NexGen?
I'd go for the 486DX4/100 it will probably perform better.

> Also I have a choice of SCSI or IDE disks, SCSI will probably be a
> 2742 controller (VL-bus), again which will be better?  I am leaning
> towards SCSI but I'm not totally convinced.
For a file server SCSI is definitely better as the disks have faster
access times and you should have no problems. 

> The system won't run X and does no dial-up, PPP or anything like that.
> Just an SMB server and maybe some TCP/IP networking (Web server,
> telnet into it, FTP, etc.).
-- 
David Hallowell
Linux @ Cable Internet
http://wkweb4.cableinet.co.uk/brownale/linux/

Technical Details

Message-ID: <34B380AB.F682551@cableinet.co.uk>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mail

References:

<3479DBFF.4EDBA3AF@cableinet.co.uk> <slrn6b4091.j2k.charlie@develop-1.ed.datacash.com> <884092832snz@courtfld.demon.co.uk> <68vjcd$d4v$1@meteora.areti.com>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 16a4c6,64d0c6441dc347c6
X-Google-Attributes: gid16a4c6,public
X-Google-Thread: 10d8ad,64d0c6441dc347c6
X-Google-Attributes: gid10d8ad,public
From: David Hallowell <linux@cableinet.co.uk>
Subject: Re: A 486 w/ Linux
Date: 1998/01/07
Message-ID: <34B380AB.F682551@cableinet.co.uk>
X-Deja-AN: 313610929
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
References: <3479DBFF.4EDBA3AF@cableinet.co.uk> <slrn6b4091.j2k.charlie@develop-1.ed.datacash.com> <884092832snz@courtfld.demon.co.uk> <68vjcd$d4v$1@meteora.areti.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-NNTP-Posting-Host: usr42-gat.cableinet.co.uk
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Organization: Linux @ Cable Internet / WhiskyNet / antiMicrosoft UK
Newsgroups: uk.comp.os.linux,cableinet.comp.os.linux

Reply to Parent Message