40.61 Dell Precision 420 MT (Cleveland)
This dual processor desktop machine is to be used for software development.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 was installed from PGI 3.0 beta netinst CD-ROM (24 June 2002).
40.61.1 Cleveland Specification
Spec | Details |
---|---|
CPU | Genuine Intel Pentium III (Coppermine) 800MHz |
BogoMIPS | 1592 |
RAM | 512MB |
Disk | 34GB |
DVD-ROM | _NEC DV-5700A, ATAPI CDROM drive |
CD-RW | SONY CD-RW CRX140E, ATAPI CDROM drive |
NIC | 3Com 3c905C Tornado |
Video | nVidia GeForce 256 |
Audio | Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24 CrystalClear |
40.61.2 Cleveland Install
The network information for this host is:
Spec | Details |
---|---|
Hostname | cleveland |
Address | 155.229.8.161 |
Netmask | 255.255.255.192 |
Broadcast | optional |
Gateway | 155.229.8.190 |
DNS | 183.44.72.1 |
Domain | togaware.com |
For this dual processor a new kernel was installed
(kernel-image-2.4.18-686-smp
). Since this was a PGI
install the boot loader is grub and no further action is
required. On the next book a menu of alternative kernels was
presented.
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