Re: Question requarding older HP machines

From: s. keeling (keeling_at_spots.ab.ca)
Date: 03/30/04

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    Incoming from Charles Lewis:
    > I am setting up a linux lab for a school and was wondering if the following

    Define "school." What are they going to be doing?

    > would be supported by -
    >
    > HP 712/100 UNIX WORKSTATIONS
    >
    > 100MHz PA-RISC Processor
    > 64MB RAM (192 max)
    > 2.1GB Hard Drive
    > Single Ended SCSI-II
    > 4MB Integrated video system
    > Integrated audio system
    > Integrated 10Mbps LAN

    I expect a kernel compile may take all night on that CPU, you need to
    _at least_ double the RAM, the hard drive is _way_ too small.

    If they're going to just act as shell logins (to teach CLI / bash /
    networking / etc.) they may be fine. Would I want to use Linux on
    those boxes now? I don't think so.

    If you can dig up one other machine and load it to the gills with ram
    and fast disk, you could turn it all into a NIS/NFS network that might
    do well.

    This is assuming Linux runs on PA-RISC; offhand, I can't remember if
    it does. 

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