[SLE] Intel 486 DX2 processor and 2.2.14 kernel?
Hello Linux folks! Does somebody know if Intel 486 DX2 PC will work with Linux 2.2.14 kernel? Can I use electronic parallel port swith to connect three printers to this PC? I want to use this junk PC as my network printer server. Any suggestions are gladly appreciated. Alex -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
On Sun, 26 Mar 2000, Alexander Daniloff wrote:
Hello Linux folks! Does somebody know if Intel 486 DX2 PC will work with Linux 2.2.14 kernel? Can I use electronic parallel port swith to connect three printers to this PC? I want to use this junk PC as my network printer server. Any suggestions are gladly appreciated.
My firewaill is running that exact processor at the moment with a kernel off the CD. I would presume it would work with the .14 kernel as well, provided you don't get a Pentium-optimized one. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Should work fine . I would remove the drive and use another box to install tyhe system then move it back. 486 class are REALLLLY slow for intalls. Make sure it rrboots and goes thrigh the configureation scripts. then put it back. It takes forever for them on 486s. You can use a 10 megabit ethernet to hookit to your oyther pc. If you only have two you can cross the cables. Check the ethernet docs on which piar need to be crossed.otherwise oyu need a hub. if the other one is 100 megabit , you will need on that is 10/100 to suport both. At 09:12 PM 3/26/2000 +0000, Alexander Daniloff wrote:
Hello Linux folks! Does somebody know if Intel 486 DX2 PC will work with Linux 2.2.14 kernel? Can I use electronic parallel port swith to connect three printers to this PC?
Do you mean one ot those switching boxes , or it this an add in card that suports them as lpt1 , 2 and 3 ? /devlp0 ,1 ,2 in linux ? If they are sut up as para;llel ports 1,2 and 3 you should be ok. If you have a small drive less that 500 to 200 meg , good luck on fiting suse on it. I had trouble parring it down.
I want to use this junk PC as my network printer server. Any suggestions are gladly appreciated. Alex
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From: Alexander Daniloff
Hello Linux folks! Does somebody know if Intel 486 DX2 PC will work with Linux 2.2.14 kernel? Can I use electronic parallel port swith to connect three printers to this PC? I want to use this junk PC as my network printer server. Any suggestions are gladly appreciated. Alex
You can get cheap parport ISA cards for about $5 a pop, make sure they have a wide range of resources that you can jumper on them. (ie. make sure you can change which LP, IRQ and IO it uses though jumpers on the board, and make sure those resources are avaiable in the system you are installing them in, or you will get a massive conflict resource headache). There is switches out there, but most of the ones I have seen have to be 'flipped' by hand, manually, so you could only print to one printer at a time. Jack -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
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