From: Baldwin_James at domain emc.com
Date: Wed 20 Jun 2001 - 08:57:48 IST
Yep, yer right Liam,
Shane,
To run Dual-Proc, you will need the same processor Family, Model and
Stepping...otherwise the SMP logic in the BIOS wont recognise the second
processor.
As far as CD-RW's and Linux go......isn't it time there was a HCL per Linux
platform? (maybe there is and I am in for a barrage of smart replies! ;P )
J.
-----Original Message-----
From: lbedford at domain lbedford.org [mailto:lbedford at domain lbedford.org]
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 10:39 PM
To: ilug at domain linux.ie
Subject: Re: [ILUG] hardware question
On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 09:53:28PM +0100, Shane Ryan came forth with:
> hey all,
>
> just wondering a few things about
> hardware...
>
> 1. does linux support dual processor
> motherboards, and if so, does i matter
> if i have say a 1.3GHz AMD chip and
> a 500MHz AMD chip?
>
AFAIK no motherboard will be particularly happy
if you run different speed processors... especially
given that a 500Mhz AMD chip is going to be Slot A,
and a 1.3 GHz one will be Socket A.
They even should be the same stepping if possible,
to be sure that it'll work..
> 2. there's an unbranded CD-RW drive
> in Maplin's Electronics (beside Smyths
> in Dublin), will linux neccessarily support
> it, or is it just a case of wait and see. Also,
> have any of you bought hardware from
> Maplin's and is it generally reliable?
>
I've bought stuff from them, and it has worked. But
they just import it from the UK (so their modems
are UK spec for example).
As far as the CD-Writer goes, if you can find any details,
have a look on cdrecord's homepage for a list of supported
CD writers... if it's a bog standard IDE one, you'll have
the usual problems getting ide-scsi working, but it
should work okay..
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