On Monday 26 November 2001 16:47, Nate Carlson wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Shawn wrote:
> > Okay, so I've got this old server with EISA slots.  I keep hearing that
> > Linux doesn't support EISA systems very well.  Is this true, if so is
> > there a distro that has this figured out now?
>
> Never had a problem with EISA under Linux myself -- your best bet is just
> to try it.
>
> > If not, what other options do I have to use for an OS?
> >
> > It's a dual pentium system, 128 MB ram, 5 internal scsi drives (either
> > 500MB or 1GB each), as well as two external scsi drives, tape drive,
> > cdrom. There's no IDE drives in there currently.
>
> Cool, sounds like a fun toy.  :)


Actually, I'm planning on lugging this tank of a system to the Installfest.  
As well as my gateway/firewall machine if I can't get it loaded prior to 
then....

Shawn