Re: [ILUG] Dual/quad processor machines and Linux

From: Philip Trickett (philipt at domain informatic.ie)
Date: Wed 29 Sep 1999 - 13:36:20 IST


> I bought myself a Tyan Tiger 100 a while ago. Good luck if you want to
> overclock taht with a celeron. You can boot, and it will tell you that you are
> doing 433MHz (I have a Celeron 333), when in reality, you are at 333MHz. Also
> the ACPI implementation is screwed, and Tyan don't seem to have the best BIOS
> support in the world. (I had a tyan before, the S1572. As soon as the S1572a
> came out they literally dropped BIOS support). Other than that, I find the Tyan
> quirky.

Looks like I may just have to order a BP6 and extra celeron from DAB's. Now does
anyone have a G400 MAX?

Speaking of video cards (hey can I wander off topic or what?), does anyone have an
ATI Rage 128 going under linux yet, with the SuSe X Server?

Cheers,

Phil Trickett



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