Linux on an old Compaq Proliant 2000

[Jonathan Hutchins]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zach Bullard [mailto:Zach_Bullard at hillspet.com]

>  I am pondering the thought of pulling an old Proliant 2000 
> dual pentium
> 100 out of the closet and trying to get any distribution of 
> linux to run on
> it. Any suggestions?

As much RAM as you can cram on it.

I run RedHat 6.2/7.2 on some P120's as firewalls and utility severs (DNS,
Fetchmail) and it works fine - no trace of XWindows of course.  7.2 is a
pretty tight fit on a 1.2G drive, I have to clear log files and such if I
want to update the kernel.

A dual P100 ought to have enough oomph to even run XWindows, the question
will be what graphics card does it have or does it emulate, and is there any
support for it.