[2097] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Support for AV1600
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Juan Jose Casero)
Tue Jul 1 12:28:45 1997
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 11:52:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: Juan Jose Casero <casero@kali.cox.miami.edu>
To: Tethys SYSTEM ADMIN X <tethys@ml.com>
Cc: linux-admin@vger.rutgers.edu, linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu,
linux-x11@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <199707011539.QAA12850@isengard.uk.ml.com>
How much is the Avion machine as opposed to the bog standard pentium?
Thanks...
Juan Casero
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On Tue, 1 Jul 1997, Tethys SYSTEM ADMIN X wrote:
>
> Has anyone had any luck installing Linux on a Data General AViiON AV1600
> server? Looking at the specs, I think it should all be supported, unless
> it does something silly with the BIOS like the Compaq DeskPro does.
>
> The basic specs are:
>
> 200MHz Pentium Pro, 256K L2 cache
> 64-bit non-interleaved ECC memory (via 4 onboard DIMM connectors)
> Adaptec 7880 Ultra Wide SCSI PCI controller
> Cirrus Logic 54M40 1MB PCI SVGA graphics card
> Intel 82557 10/100TX PCI ethernet card
> PS/2 compatible mouse and keyboard connectors
>
> The SCSI-HOWTO doesn't acknowledge the existence of an Adaptec 7880, but
> the README.aic7xxx file seems to indicate that Adaptec card usually use
> AIC chipsets, and that there is an AIC-788x chipset, which is supported.
>
> The Ethernet-HOWTO implies that anything based on the i82557 should work.
>
> The XFree86-HOWTO says the 5440 is supported. Does anyone know if the
> 54M40 is significantly differrent?
>
> If this machine is going to work with Linux, it should prove to be quite
> a decent little system. However, it's approaching decision time, and it's
> either the AV1600, or a bog standard P166 PC (which is obviously cheaper,
> but the AV1600 is potentially a much nicer machine).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tet
>
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