Fry's all in one deals..

[James Kalafus]

I am not sure about the modem, since the machine is hooked up to a cable
modem we did not need it.

I did not have any problems with the integrated NIC.  The cd that comes
with the machine had the code and instructions for building the module.

Jay....



> Did the modem work?  I thought the modem was a software modem?  Also
> I have found on other motherboards that they use an implanted NIC by
> SIS.  Try the sisxxx.o module (driver).
> 
> James Kalafus wrote:
> 
> > > Has anyone installed Linux (or Windoze 98/NT/2000) on one of
> > > those Fry's all in one deals. Those are the case, motherboard,
> > > processor, NIC, modem, sound, video etc all you need to add
> > > is a HD and RAM deals?
> >
> > I have installed Linux (RH and Mandrake) on 2 of these machines,
> > and overall things worked quite well.  The only problem I had was
> > getting the network card to work on one of them..... I eventually
> > gave up and spent the $15 on a new NIC.
> >
> > On a side note.. most of those use a removable HD caddy which
> > did not work well on the machines I installed.  The connector isn't
> > well made, and seemed to loose contact.  I ended up removing
> > them and mounting the drive in the 3 1/2 slot.
> >
> > Jay...
> >
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