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Post by zapbuzz on Oct 9, 2021 8:17:58 GMT
Hi , I am looking for a distro to run a dual P3 system @ 1ghz with 2gb ram, 256mb AGP, 1GB LAN. and a silicon image 3114 PCI RAID 10 stripe. Gave up on LM xfce 32bit because it showed 4 disks than 1 x raid stripe and couldn't manage a LAN connection with its live boot unless media was disconnected (modem not logged in.) So I need advice for a better solution please because I want to access modern web with it than use windows. Thanks  |
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Post by thewaiter on Oct 9, 2021 8:25:50 GMT
As you visited our forums it means you are thinking of trying our distribution. What I can say here is encourage you to install Bodhi on your HW and try. 2 GB RAM is pretty enough for Bodhi which is about 200 MB of RAM consumption after boot. We are always here for you to assist in any case of troubles. Feel free to ask and of course, welcome to the community Stefan |
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Post by zapbuzz on Oct 9, 2021 8:43:30 GMT
Cool. Before I try I have a silicon image 3114 SATA II card that I want to hardware boot a raid10 stripe. I tried other linux but they see just 4 separate disks. SIL 3114 i have found this document data-doc.se/howto/sii3114_linux.htmlI was hopeing this hardware issue doesn't exist on this distro but considering how old my hardware is i'll just try and report anyhow. |
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Post by zapbuzz on Oct 9, 2021 11:56:30 GMT
Yep. No boot RAID support but it works on the live cd mode. I need to establish boot RAID support for my Sil 3114 RAID card. It shows 4 scsi disks but under the 3114 bios it has been set as a raid10 stripe of 4 disks. Could it mean the scsi addresses are fake and I should just install on the 1st scsi disk?
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Post by thewaiter on Oct 9, 2021 12:12:44 GMT
Unfortunately I have no idea. Never had RAID here. Maybe an another user will assist.
Stefan
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Post by codernic on Oct 9, 2021 12:39:20 GMT
As per what you have shared about what you saw in card bios, the scsi 1 device that you see should be the RAID10 mirror. The Si 3114 card has two modes of operation, fakeraid and proper hardware raid. You will have to check the card bios to see how it is configured to confirm the raid mode to be sure. I have not personally used the Si 3114 device. Since bodhi is based on Ubuntu, I would recommend a read of the wiki.ubuntu.com/Raid page. |
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Post by enigma9o7 on Oct 9, 2021 20:56:56 GMT
This thread is confusing. Based on the topic, I'd say, give slitaz a try if Bodhi too slow. Or, just install debian and lightdm and browser only, run browser from there with no window manager at all.
But sounds like something about complicated raid hard drives dunno about that. P3 is not worth spending any money on at all, if you cant make it work, check craigslist and find the best $100 laptop in your area and put bodhi on it and be super happy. |
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Post by kev392 on Oct 9, 2021 22:41:20 GMT
You will not be able to run a modern web browser with a Pentium III, as it lacks SSE2 support.
You'll need to dig around with your search engine to find one that's equipped with 1st generation SSE.
It will be a slow experience on most web sites once you find a browser that will actually work.
I abandoned mine for internet usage and keep it around to run a couple of games on Win XP.
You could try it with a text based browser and still be able to check email.
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Post by enigma9o7 on Oct 11, 2021 15:13:44 GMT
I don't think Bodhi 5/6 will even install with only 256mb. I think 384mb is required for installation? (not tested). I did once test installing debian bullseye on 32-bit 256mb virtual machine and it worked with text installer only.
Pretty sure the only browser still being maintained that doesn't require SSE2 is epiphany-browser (gnome web) which comes preinstalled on on bodhi 5.1 legacy, and available in repo for 6.0beta. There were first-gen-SSE builds of palemoon available until version 28; supposedly palemoon-27.9.4SSE.linux-i686.tar.bz2 still works, but it's been removed from palemoon official website due to known security issues that are resolved in newer versions.
Besides no SSE2, that 256mb is going to make a lot of web pages incredibly slow (if they use too much memory and cause your machine to start swapping). I wouldn't recommend, for example, google maps, or even gmail for that matter (although you can set gmail to basic html view, then it'll be fine).
I think slitaz or tinycore, with epiphany, might be a way to get modern web on that machine....
edit: i realize I mixed up the ram and videoram, so 256mb is not an issue, use bodhi!
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Post by enigma9o7 on Jan 8, 2024 4:45:22 GMT
zapbuzz It's been a while but ran across this thread, dunno if you're still out there, but if so, what distro did you end up going with? And how is browser performance? Kinda wonder how well Epiphany Browser works on a Pentium III these days. 1GHz + 2GB should in theory be enough for that on Bodhi Legacy....
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