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If someone has old hardware that not +</I>><i> in use anymore then could be donated to who is willing to test the latest +</I>><i> MDV|Mageia on it. It's not ironic (I think this is a brainstorming), or I'm +</I>><i> not kidding, but there could be an wiki hardware section for that. +</I>><i> +</I>I'm typing this from a 1997 AMD K6-233MHz system with 128MB running +Mandriva 2010.1 At the time of installation, it only had 96MB and the +text mode installer was slow but worked OK. I did a minimal install +then added task-x11, xdm and icewm post-install. Even after booting +into X, its surprisingly fast. From pressing enter in the GRUB menu +to XDM takes 53 seconds. According to /var/log/prcsys.log, the init +scripts portion takes 19 seconds. + +I did make a few post-installation tweaks: + +1. Remove msec. +2. Disable PulseAudio. +3. Delete /etc/X11/xinit.d/70net_applet + (net_applet is a pig and not needed for static wired connection) + +Google Chromium is finally a browser that can handle gmail on +low-resource systems. Of course, it won't be playing YouTube +videos but for basic email and web-surfing, this system is usable. + +Here are some interesting outputs: + +"free" right after logging into IceWM: (27MB RAM, no swap) +[<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">guest at jarrio</A> ~]$ free + total used free shared buffers cached +Mem: 122812 83684 39128 0 6728 49652 +-/+ buffers/cache: 27304 95508 +Swap: 524144 0 524144 + +"free" while running Google Chromium: (78MB RAM, 6MB swap) +[<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">guest at jarrio</A> ~]$ free + total used free shared buffers cached +Mem: 122812 115992 6820 0 620 35516 +-/+ buffers/cache: 79856 42956 +Swap: 524144 6632 517512 + +CPU information: +[<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">guest at jarrio</A> ~]$ cat /proc/cpuinfo +processor : 0 +vendor_id : AuthenticAMD +cpu family : 5 +model : 6 +model name : AMD-K6tm w/ multimedia extensions +stepping : 2 +cache size : 64 KB +fdiv_bug : no +hlt_bug : no +f00f_bug : no +coma_bug : no +fpu : yes +fpu_exception : yes +cpuid level : 1 +wp : yes +flags : fpu vme de pse msr cx8 mmx up +bogomips : 449.53 +clflush size : 32 +cache_alignment : 32 +address sizes : 32 bits physical, 32 bits virtual +power management: + +Kernel information: +[<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">guest at jarrio</A> ~]$ uname -a +Linux jarrio.upsnag.priv 2.6.33.7-desktop586-2mnb #1 SMP Mon Sep 20 +18:19:58 UTC 2010 i586 i586 i386 GNU/Linux + +Hardware information: +[<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">guest at jarrio</A> ~]$ lspcidrake +pata_ali : ALi Corporation|M5229 IDE [STORAGE_IDE] (rev: 20) +Card:Trident-based cards: Trident Microsystems|TGUI 9660/938x/968x +[DISPLAY_VGA] (rev: d3) +8139too : D-Link System Inc|RTL8139 Ethernet +[NETWORK_ETHERNET] (rev: 10) +snd_ens1371 : Ensoniq|5880B [AudioPCI] [MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO] (rev: 02) +alim7101_wdt : ALi Corporation|M1533/M1535/M1543 PCI to ISA Bridge +[Aladdin IV/V/V+] [BRIDGE_ISA] (rev: b4) +unknown : ALi Corporation|M1531 [Aladdin IV] [BRIDGE_HOST] (rev: b3) + +The old Trident TGUI graphics card only has 2MB RAM. +<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">1024x768 at 16bit</A> video works fine for 2D. :o) + +On the front-panel of this system, there is the old LED which says +"233" with the "Turbo" button enabled and "133" with it disabled. +That could make an interesting photo for proving that Mandriva +and soon Mageia *can* run on legacy hardware. + +Not sure if this was helpful but perhaps its a good data point? + +Regards, +Rick +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="000685.html">[Mageia-dev] About Mandriva tools future : Host Mandriva tools on github +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="000680.html">[Mageia-dev] Epoll need translation +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#675">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#675">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#675">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#675">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |