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Post #158,153
by folkert
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6/2/04 3:34:12 PM
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New Me?
I just buy components all the time. Sometimes, it turns out, I magically have enough for another machine.

Of course, now I have a problem that I don't wanna cycle my home servers through... as a PII-300 with 512MB would be a horrible overkill of a Firewall machine. And a 900MHz 1.5GB would seems to be WAY overkill for a nfs/music streamer/debian repo/ISO Sanctuary.

I already have an XP2500+ I have not yet cycled through yet. I tested it 2 weeks ago, was the processor in my main machine when the MB blew. It passed with flying colors and no smoke being released.

/me currently has a Duron 850MHz, Thunderbird 900MHz and an XP2500+ laying around doing nothing. Not enough to build a machine... but getting there. I need a good cheap motherboard right now for the 900MHz.
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Post #158,205
by Andrew Grygus
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6/2/04 9:26:43 PM
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New Not a problem here . .
. . since we run OS/2 and Linux we get along just fine on stuff I strip out for clients' Windows upgrades.

These days it doesn't even take a new version of Windows. Their computers get bogged down with a few worms and some scumware and they want an "upgrade" and aren't going to be happy until they get one. I've learned from long experience not to fight this - just give them what they want or someone else will.
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     And now this... - (lincoln) - (40) - June 2, 2004, 08:48:48 AM EDT
         Mirrored drives. - (inthane-chan) - (18) - June 2, 2004, 08:56:01 AM EDT
             Links on how to set one up? - (lincoln) - (11) - June 2, 2004, 10:59:04 AM EDT
                 For Win98? - (inthane-chan) - June 2, 2004, 11:14:12 AM EDT
                 Screw Win98 - (deSitter) - (9) - June 2, 2004, 01:07:20 PM EDT
                     Can't - (lincoln) - (8) - June 2, 2004, 02:37:38 PM EDT
                         That problem is easily enough solved... - (ben_tilly) - (3) - June 2, 2004, 02:53:56 PM EDT
                             But the solution will force me to abandon - (lincoln) - (2) - June 3, 2004, 11:52:48 AM EDT
                                 But many of those program run just fine under DOSEMU or - (folkert) - June 3, 2004, 12:28:34 PM EDT
                                 What will you do if THOSE machines crash? - (ben_tilly) - June 3, 2004, 02:40:20 PM EDT
                         Easy to upgrade. - (admin) - (2) - June 2, 2004, 03:09:12 PM EDT
                             Me? - (folkert) - (1) - June 2, 2004, 03:34:12 PM EDT
                                 Not a problem here . . - (Andrew Grygus) - June 2, 2004, 09:26:43 PM EDT
                         Well, 2k then - (deSitter) - June 2, 2004, 05:44:18 PM EDT
             RAID 0? RAID 1 - (lister) - (5) - June 2, 2004, 03:31:49 PM EDT
                 Nightly offsite backups. - (inthane-chan) - (4) - June 2, 2004, 05:37:57 PM EDT
                     Re: "offsite" - (altmann) - (3) - June 2, 2004, 07:34:46 PM EDT
                         Where do you find such stuff? And another thing... - (Another Scott) - (1) - June 2, 2004, 07:44:08 PM EDT
                             Product of a warped imagination, and Google to flesh it out. -NT - (altmann) - June 2, 2004, 07:49:10 PM EDT
                         Ah.. an understandable confusion - (Ashton) - June 2, 2004, 08:02:37 PM EDT
         never put anything on a machine that you care about - (boxley) - June 2, 2004, 09:02:03 AM EDT
         Remember all HD are measured in MTBF - (jbrabeck) - (7) - June 2, 2004, 10:36:24 AM EDT
             My customers ask how long a hard disk lasts. - (Andrew Grygus) - (6) - June 2, 2004, 11:09:58 AM EDT
                 What about laptop drives? - (deSitter) - (5) - June 2, 2004, 01:08:12 PM EDT
                     Question back to you - (jbrabeck) - (3) - June 2, 2004, 02:06:01 PM EDT
                         My main machine is my laptop - (Yendor) - (2) - June 2, 2004, 02:49:50 PM EDT
                             Yeah, but NOW... NOW it has a problem - (folkert) - (1) - June 2, 2004, 03:35:52 PM EDT
                                 But that ain't got nothin' to do with the HD - (Yendor) - June 2, 2004, 03:42:16 PM EDT
                     Two. - (inthane-chan) - June 2, 2004, 02:19:20 PM EDT
         From your description I see no evidence . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (10) - June 2, 2004, 11:13:41 AM EDT
             My thoughts also. I'd check the power supply too ... -NT - (Another Scott) - June 2, 2004, 11:36:18 AM EDT
             concur -NT - (deSitter) - June 2, 2004, 01:08:52 PM EDT
             Don't know how to check DIMMs from DOS - (lincoln) - (4) - June 2, 2004, 02:43:59 PM EDT
                 MemTest86 and ... - (Another Scott) - (2) - June 2, 2004, 02:46:20 PM EDT
                     I've used MemTest86 - (lister) - June 2, 2004, 03:33:27 PM EDT
                     The newer KNOPPIX CDs have it as a boot option. -NT - (folkert) - June 2, 2004, 03:36:34 PM EDT
                 Actually, everything can be perfectly OK . . - (Andrew Grygus) - June 2, 2004, 09:07:23 PM EDT
             So if Win98 crashed and the HD didn't crash - (lincoln) - (2) - June 3, 2004, 09:33:34 AM EDT
                 How I do this. - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - June 3, 2004, 12:11:46 PM EDT
                     Thanks Andrew - (lincoln) - June 3, 2004, 02:26:38 PM EDT
         Linux + ext3 - (pwhysall) - June 2, 2004, 11:46:55 AM EDT

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