I have not experience with Debian.. can someone advice me.. if I have PC
with hardware below can Debian 3.0 support it?

1. Mainboard VIA PT800 (without graphic card):

http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets/p4-series/pt800/

2. graphic card: nVIDIA MX4000 G4MB RAM

3. RAM: DDR RAM 128MB/PC133 MHz

4. Processor: Intel Celeron 2.0GHz Box 128KB

5. HDD: 80-200GB Seagate

Why not just put in the install disk and find out?

btw, all this hardware looks pretty standard, I dont think Debian will have
a problem with it, or any other updated linux distro for that matter

"PHP2" <nospam@nospam.tv> wrote in message
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> I have not experience with Debian.. can someone advice me.. if I have PC
> with hardware below can Debian 3.0 support it?
>
> 1. Mainboard VIA PT800 (without graphic card):
>
> http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets/p4-series/pt800/
>
> 2. graphic card: nVIDIA MX4000 G4MB RAM
>
> 3. RAM: DDR RAM 128MB/PC133 MHz
>
> 4. Processor: Intel Celeron 2.0GHz Box 128KB
>
> 5. HDD: 80-200GB Seagate
>
>

Hello

PHP2 (<nospam@nospam.tv>) wrote:

> I have not experience with Debian.. can someone advice me.. if I have
> PC with hardware below can Debian 3.0 support it?

Debian 3.0 is pretty outdated. It uses Kernel 2.2.20 and 2.4.18, and
XFree 4.1. There are however newer kernels available at
<http://www.backports.org> that will help you, as long as you are able
to install. There are also inofficial boot disk images using newer
kernels somewhere.

> 1. Mainboard VIA PT800 (without graphic card):

Maybe no DMA. You probably want to install using the 2.4.18 installation
kernel, which is not the default option. Read the instructions after
you boot.

> http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets/p4-series/pt800/
> 
> 2. graphic card: nVIDIA MX4000 G4MB RAM

You can use it with the VESA driver. The nv driver will not work. You
either have to upgrade to XFree 4.3, which is no included in Woody, or
install the closed-source driver from <http://www.nvidia.com>. That one
will also give you full 3D acceleration.

> 3. RAM: DDR RAM 128MB/PC133 MHz

No problem.

> 4. Processor: Intel Celeron 2.0GHz Box 128KB

No problem.

> 5. HDD: 80-200GB Seagate

Debian Woody only supports hard disks up to 137 GB. Larger disks need
LBA48 addressing, which as far as I know was intodruced in Kernel
2.4.19 or later. You won't be able to install Woody in a disk bigger
than 137 GB using the included kernels. If you install on a smaller
disk, you can get a newer kernel and then use the other disks.

best regards
 Andreas Janssen

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http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps-sarge.html

thanks!

"Andreas Janssen" <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
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> Hello
>
> PHP2 (<nospam@nospam.tv>) wrote:
>
> > I have not experience with Debian.. can someone advice me.. if I have
> > PC with hardware below can Debian 3.0 support it?
>
> Debian 3.0 is pretty outdated. It uses Kernel 2.2.20 and 2.4.18, and
> XFree 4.1. There are however newer kernels available at
> <http://www.backports.org> that will help you, as long as you are able
> to install. There are also inofficial boot disk images using newer
> kernels somewhere.
>
> > 1. Mainboard VIA PT800 (without graphic card):
>
> Maybe no DMA. You probably want to install using the 2.4.18 installation
> kernel, which is not the default option. Read the instructions after
> you boot.
>
> > http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets/p4-series/pt800/
> >
> > 2. graphic card: nVIDIA MX4000 G4MB RAM
>
> You can use it with the VESA driver. The nv driver will not work. You
> either have to upgrade to XFree 4.3, which is no included in Woody, or
> install the closed-source driver from <http://www.nvidia.com>. That one
> will also give you full 3D acceleration.
>
> > 3. RAM: DDR RAM 128MB/PC133 MHz
>
> No problem.
>
> > 4. Processor: Intel Celeron 2.0GHz Box 128KB
>
> No problem.
>
> > 5. HDD: 80-200GB Seagate
>
> Debian Woody only supports hard disks up to 137 GB. Larger disks need
> LBA48 addressing, which as far as I know was intodruced in Kernel
> 2.4.19 or later. You won't be able to install Woody in a disk bigger
> than 137 GB using the included kernels. If you install on a smaller
> disk, you can get a newer kernel and then use the other disks.
>
> best regards
>  Andreas Janssen
>
> --
> Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>
> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270
> Registered Linux User #267976
> http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps-sarge.html