Tech News
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Slackware 8.1 Woes
Published: Sunday, June 23, 2002 | By: DennisWell it was a Slackware install weekend in celebration of the 8.1 release of Slackware. So far I have yet to get a good install given the many setbacks and problems I've experienced.
First of all the bootable ISO image wouldn't boot on any of our dedicated linux machines. After further investigation I discovered that the Slackware people used a different size boot image so unless you have an uber new computer fresh from the store or an applicable bios flash supporting the new boot image you'll have to break out the obsolete 3.5" floppies and make a set of boot and root disks (6 total).
One of the reasons I was so excited about the new Slackware was its support for the major journaling file systems like jfs and xfs. Problem is they didn't apply the patches to the kernel source so be warned if you wish to recompile your kernel while using xfs or jfs.
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Fun GeForce4 Mod
Published: Friday, June 21, 2002 | By: DennisThis mod consists of putting a plexiglass cover over your GeForce 4 heatsink fan then attaching a Led to illuminate the edges.
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Soltek SL-85DR2 Review @ Tweakers Australia
Published: Friday, June 21, 2002 | By: DennisThe SL-85DR2 is the middle of the road offering from Soltek using the i845E chipset. It features the new Silver PCB design and a series of onboard features.
"Now the board can officially support up to 2GB of PC2100/1600 DDR memory, but unfortunately the Soltek SL-85DR2 only sports two DIMM sockets. Although it helps to reduce the overall dimensions of the board, I still feel that the absolute minimum should be three."
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GeForce4 "All-in-Wonder"?
Published: Friday, June 21, 2002 | By: DennisNo this isn't some strange ATI/nVidia hybrid but rather Msi getting creative. From the photos I gather we have all the standard GeForce4 offerings with Video In/Out and a TV tuner. Pretty much all you need to bring your entertainment center to the PC.
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Intel Roadmap Though 2Q of 2k3
Published: Friday, June 21, 2002 | By: DennisRoadmaps are fun to read and usually give a very accurate account as to what is to come.
"Although executives at the firm have repeatedly said that it will have a 3GHz processor by the end of the year, the latest roadmaps still peg the chip at 2.80GHz." -
Win One for Intel
Published: Friday, June 21, 2002 | By: DennisLooks like VIA's case was kicked out saying there was no market abuse on Intel's side. Though I discovered something new, it would appear that Intel refused to sell a P4 technology license to VIA. I thought it was the other way around, maybe they didn't offer Intel enough money.
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Net IPO's resume
Published: Thursday, June 20, 2002 | By: DennisFortune is reporting that internet IPO's are starting up again, it would seem that the Internet market isn't completely dead.
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Slackware 8.1
Published: Thursday, June 20, 2002 | By: DennisThe newest version of Slackware has been released today and is ready for download. If you have the bandwidth and a CD burner I'd suggest getting the ISO. Of course if you don't have the bandwidth for 40bux US you can get the Slackware box set that includes everything on 4 CD's.
" Highlights of this release include KDE 3.0.1, GNOME 1.4.1 (with new additions like Evolution), the long-awaited Mozilla 1.0 browser, support for many new filesystems like ext3, ReiserFS, JFS, and XFS, and support for several new SCSI and ATA RAID controllers. " -
News From the Weird
Published: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 | By: DennisIt would appear that fast food is causing schoolgirls to become nymphomaniacs, but there is hope from this gynecologist that runs a free sex consultation clinic. Sounds fishy to me but whatever it takes to help the kids.
" A tendency for getting their lips around a Whopper has turned Japanese schoolgirls into Nippon's naughtiest nymphomaniacs, according to Shukan Gendai (6/29)." -
Soltek P4 Motherboard Overclocked to 800MHz!
Published: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 | By: DennisAccording to the news I just received using an engineering sample Pentium 4 1.7GHz processor the R&D team at Soltek was able to overclock the chipset to from 133MHz to 200MHz for a final FSB of 800MHz. Disclaimer: engineering sample processors are normally unlocked for multiplier adjustments.
It would appear they have come up with a bios version that will lock the PCI and AGP clocks to their respective speeds allowing just the CPU clock to be elevated and is available for the SL-85MIR series boards now.
