How possible is it to install Stage 3 Gentoo on an IBM Intellistation
M Pro? I don't have any of the specs on it (I inherited it without any
OS), but, I've been promised it has a working ethernet port.

This is meant to be a work desktop dedicated mostly to internet usage
(e-mail, web-browsing, RealAudio streaming), moderate text editing
(mostly php scripting), and light web design (minimal graphics editing
via GIMP). I might also occasionally be required to pull images off a
USB digital camera.

The machine is dual-processor, and the sticker on front assures me
that they're PIIs. While this means it's a little long in the tooth, I
expect it'll be reasonably zippy with any distro of linux. I could
just throw Fedora on it, but, I'm tempted to make a clean break from
Redhat.

Gwen

U¿ytkownik Gwen Morse napisa³:
> How possible is it to install Stage 3 Gentoo on an IBM Intellistation
> M Pro? I don't have any of the specs on it (I inherited it without any
> OS), but, I've been promised it has a working ethernet port.
>
> This is meant to be a work desktop dedicated mostly to internet usage
> (e-mail, web-browsing, RealAudio streaming), moderate text editing
> (mostly php scripting), and light web design (minimal graphics editing
> via GIMP). I might also occasionally be required to pull images off a
> USB digital camera.
>
> The machine is dual-processor, and the sticker on front assures me
> that they're PIIs. While this means it's a little long in the tooth, I
> expect it'll be reasonably zippy with any distro of linux. I could
> just throw Fedora on it, but, I'm tempted to make a clean break from
> Redhat.
>
> Gwen
I think this hardware will be enough.
2xPII400 or PII450 and with good Intel Graphic card.
How about RAM ? 256 will be enough.

"Gwen Morse" <gwen.morse@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> How possible is it to install Stage 3 Gentoo on an IBM Intellistation
> M Pro? I don't have any of the specs on it (I inherited it without any
> OS), but, I've been promised it has a working ethernet port.
>
> This is meant to be a work desktop dedicated mostly to internet usage
> (e-mail, web-browsing, RealAudio streaming), moderate text editing
> (mostly php scripting), and light web design (minimal graphics editing
> via GIMP). I might also occasionally be required to pull images off a
> USB digital camera.
>
> The machine is dual-processor, and the sticker on front assures me
> that they're PIIs. While this means it's a little long in the tooth, I
> expect it'll be reasonably zippy with any distro of linux. I could
> just throw Fedora on it, but, I'm tempted to make a clean break from
> Redhat.
>
> Gwen

Hi Gwen,
I think Gentoo would be perfect for this machine. Make sure you have enough
RAM on it.
Check the specs on IBM's website, enable SMP and other hardware support in
the kernel, then build the whole system with
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=pentium2 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium2 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
flags for optimization in your /etc/make.conf.
The installation handbook on the website is very good and more than enough
to build a customized fast system.
Good luck and if you need to ask any questions, we'll be here to answer them
as best we can.
--
J.