What should i do with an old-arss P233 System i just got?!?!?

[brtspears2]

I'd suggest it for a vintage gaming machine. Power costs alot of money to have such a router running 24/7.

 

[FoBoT]

take off cover

place one or more Linux CD's inside

place 3 ft of the end of a 23 ft chain into the inside

fill with cement

let dry for 3 days

put cover back on

attach to boat

and

you got ANCHOR Linux!! 😀

 

[cnwk64]

firewall, route, and mp3 server on Linux,

 

[everman]

Power requirements on that to be a full time router would not be very efficient, I"d use it for something like a file/print server, emulator for old systems. Just stick in a 40+ gig drive, linux and all your mp3s 😀

 

[scarfase99]

ok...the linux idea totally failed!!! The Sucker went SOOOOOOOO SLOOWWWW, i couldn't take it. I was trying Mandrake 9 btw, you were all right tho, it was a piece of cake, too bad my hardware wasn't up to par.

So....is there anyway to make it a Router with Win98se i'm installing now?

 

[BMdoobieW]

run SETI on it!

 

[0roo0roo]

for the amount of power it'll use, bad idea as a router. either use it for something or donate it. it probably is of no use to u. someone else can use it to websurf/word process.

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: scarfase99
ok, maybe programming was a bad use, but you do have to compile drivers and such, blah blah. I honestly don't know much about Linux, but really have a Curiosity itch for why it's so popular. But how effectively would it run on this machine? and how hard would it be to learn for a novice as myself?

the installers on modern linux distros (i.e. redhat 8) are no more difficult to use than the windows installer, and they automatically will detect most hardware (definitely anything in a machine that old will be supported).

It would be slow on that machine. imagine running win2k on that machine, and it'd be similar to that (assuming you're going to install a GUI for your linux distro)

Linux isn't hard to learn, it's just different.

mandrake did not detect my cd burner automatically. i was told i would have to edit some config file or some crap like that, at which point i said "screw it". it also did not automatically detect my dual monitors. everything else was detected fine though. not sure if mandrake is considered a modern distro... i haven't tried red hat and probably won't because i have no need for a gui *nix OS aside from trying out that "evolution" email program 😛

 

[vegetation]

P233 is a pretty decent setup in my opinion. Enough power to load webpages on broadband without any hickup. Much faster than pre pentium classic P200 and under..

 

[TallBill]

either freesco router, or linux firewall 😛

 

[BooneRebel]

I have a dual PPro 233 that runs W2K server with no problems. Handles all domain & routing duties, just cram enough RAM into it and you're good to go...

 

[scarfase99]

wel, found out its not an intel, but an AMD 233!! with 32megs of ram! Would it be worth it to scrap some more ram? Is that where i'm hurting? What's the minimum requirements for Mandrake 9? (BTW, from what i saw, Linux looks schweeeet)

oh yeh, and when i say it CRAWLED, i mean it took like 5 mins just to open Control Center

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: scarfase99
wel, found out its not an intel, but an AMD 233!! with 32megs of ram! Would it be worth it to scrap some more ram? Is that where i'm hurting? What's the minimum requirements for Mandrake 9? (BTW, from what i saw, Linux looks schweeeet)

oh yeh, and when i say it CRAWLED, i mean it took like 5 mins just to open Control Center

RAM is cheap. I've got 512 of PC100 in my cheapo rig. No reason not to.

 

[OS]

Originally posted by: scarfase99
wel, found out its not an intel, but an AMD 233!! with 32megs of ram! Would it be worth it to scrap some more ram? Is that where i'm hurting? What's the minimum requirements for Mandrake 9? (BTW, from what i saw, Linux looks schweeeet)

oh yeh, and when i say it CRAWLED, i mean it took like 5 mins just to open Control Center

SDRAM is dirt cheap off pricewatch. Also, if it's a super 7 board, the cpu should do 2.5x100 real easily.