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List:       ipcop-user
Subject:    Re: [IPCop-user] Minimum hardware for IPCop
From:       Steve Garcia <sgarcia () bak ! rr ! com>
Date:       2003-09-30 4:23:28
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jackb@guppy.us wrote:

>>My guess is that you're right. This is one of the old, original Intel 
>>motherboards that came out when the Pentium was new.
>>    
>>
>
>My first though is to check for a bios upgrade.
>
Pretty sure that it's as up to date as it's ever going to get. I know 
for certain that this machine did have a buggy IDE -- I had to track 
down a BIOS update in late 94, early 95 to be able to put a 1G drive in 
it. It had serious IDE issues. I kept an eye out for even later BIOSes 
for a couple more years, but that was the last update I ever saw. I'm 
certain there isn't anything newer. Intel Neptune motherboard.

>About old machines... I have done 1.3 on both 386 and 486.  Never 
>seen an issue with a motherboard.  But with a promise IDE controller, 
>I have.  But switching back to the motherboards IDE and pulling the 
>card... all is better.
>
>What other IO cards are in this machine?
>  
>
Nothing but essentials. A pretty basic SVGA card (Diamond Stealth maybe? 
Weitek chipset for sure.) A couple of 3com cards, one PCI, one ISA. A 
D-Link that uses a Realtek chipset -- it was going to be my Orange 
interface but IPCop 0.1.1 didn't support it. 1.3 recognized it, but it 
doesn't do me any good so far :( That's it.

IPCop 0.1.1 recognizes that it's a buggy IDE, but it works with it 
anyway. From /proc/pci on the running system:

IDE interface: PCTECH RZ1000 (buggy) (rev 1).
Fast devsel.
I/O at 0x1f0 [0x1f1].
I/O at 0x3f4 [0x3f5].

I wonder if it would be useful to put an IDE card of some sort it. I 
might even have one floating around....





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