Help with my desktop

Mark Street, D.C. jet at sonic.net
Wed Oct 17 23:29:30 PDT 2001


Yeah, what is your address...... hehehe

nVIDIA Ge Force2 GTS Ultra ....and after all that you didn't give us any
clue about your display : |

On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Jake wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> I have a huge desktop system that I want to install linux.
> I was thinking that Redhat would be a good start for me.
> The other linux machine I have is a laptop and I use it all the time for
> stuff but I really want my primary operating system to be
> 
> I have this as a basic hardware list:
> 
> Dual headed ATI Raedon VE (agp)
> (on board sound) VIA AC'97 Audio Controller
> ide ata/66 card (pci) Promise Technology Inc. Ultra66 IDE Controller
> scsi card (pci) Adaptex AIC-7850 PCI SCSI Controller
> ethernet card (pci) Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet Adapter (v 1.0)
> 
> Motherboard:
> 
> Micro System International K7T Pro (MS-6330)
> 
> plextor 12x cdrw
> toshiba dvd rom
> kenwood 72true x
> an iomega scsi zip drive
> 30 gig ide
> 40 gig ide
> 20 gig ide
> 8 gig ide <-- want to install onto this
> 
> a hand spring delux (with usb cradle)
> an epson 850z digital camera (connects via usb)
> a scsi scanner Cannon CanoScan FB1200s
> USB intelli mouse explorer (optical five button with scroll whell)
> 
> 
> I am working on making a huge inventory of my system so I have everything
> about my system down to the firmware of all my devices.
> 
> But I am looking for advice on what I should do about my video card.
> Its dual headed with no driver support from ATI for linux.
> I really dont want to have to stay with windows as my primary workstation
> OS.
> 
> Should I just sell my video card and get two different supported cards?
> 
> Or is it possible to run rehat on this system?
> 
> I really want a nice desktop linux box.
> 
> Any Ideas?
> Any suggestions?
> 
> -
> Jake
> 
> 



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