Re: 2nd Request: HP NetServer LC II and Windows XP Pro

The NetServer LC II would be perfect for saving files for shared access if you
installed Linux on it. No compatibility problems at all. May even run
acceptably with as little as 128MB of memory. There are lots of free or nearly
free and up-to-date versions of Linux available: Red Hat, Mandrake, SUSE (now
part of Novell), Debian, Ubuntu. Setting up a Linux file server for Windows
clients is cheap and easy... Ben Myers

On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 13:29:21 -0700, Bob Felton <bob123.removethis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>Maybe you hit the wrong key previously, Ben, and your response went
>into the bit bucket. Anyway, thanks for the informative reply. I
>will do some soul searching with my client over the matter and see
>what he wants to do. Client is a small church. They only want to
>have a "server" to save files to for shared access by other members of
>the church administration. The NetServer was donated by a church
>member, but it came without an OS. I think I have a source of a PIII
>at 500MHz with WinXP that can be donated. That machine should fill
>the bill OK. Thanks, again, Ben.
>--
>Bob
>
>
>
>On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 03:48:23 GMT, ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net
>(Ben Myers) wrote:
>
>>I thought I responded to the first request, but I must have been imagining.
>>
>>The processor at either 266 or 300 MHz is a little slow for running Windows XP
>>Pro. If you can find a 333MHz processor, that would improve things.
>>
>>You would need to replace the built-in graphics on the motherboard by installing
>>a PCI graphics card supported by Windows. The built-in graphics probably has a
>>Cirrus Logic chip and 1MB. There are no XP drivers for any Cirrus chips.
>>
>>Max memory is 512MB, consisting of pretty hard to find HP-branded EDO DIMMs, ECC
>>I think. I would recommend the max.
>>
>>The other chipsets on the motherboard are pretty standard and should be
>>supported by XP.
>>
>>Still, I think that the possibility of your client being satisfied with XP Pro
>>running on the LC II is pretty slim. XP Pro is too much of a pig for older and
>>slower computers. Windows 2000 might be a better choice. It is far less
>>bloated... Ben Myers
>>
>>On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 20:16:02 -0700, Bob Felton <bob123.removethis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>First request posted 7/20/05.
>>>
>>>A client has acquired a used HP NetServer LC II and would like to run
>>>Windows XP Professional on it. Will WinXP Pro run on this machine?
>>>
>>>Tnx es 73!
>

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