dual pentia/SCSI & Linux

Eric wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I thinking of buying a dual pentium 3 500 w/SCSI drive. When things settle
> down a bit (I just barely managed to pull myself away from CNN to type this
> message) could someone tell about their experience with Linux on a dual
> pentium w/SCSI? Will my experience with this type of system be any
> different that a single pentium 3 and an IDE drive? Any precautions I
> should take or questions I should ask? Is this purely a Windows machine, or
> will Linux be no prob?

Running Linux on this should be a snap. Most distributions (Mandrake for
instance) come with an SMP kernel already built. We have a dual 600 PIII
w/ Mandrake 7.0, a dual Xeon w/ Mandrake 8.0, a dual 366 celeron and
dual 233 PII also with Mandrake 8.0. Things just pretty much work right
out of the chute. If you are worried about the SCSI, use a single IDE
drive to install onto until you iron out any bugs with your SCSI.

Windows 95/98 will not support SMP, NT and 2000 will but WHO CARES ???

Dual processor boxes are very quick to respond, and IMHO, way coool.
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Kevin O'Connor

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