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02:39.21kas1137 mins into a amd64 stage 1 build...a little extra disk space can be a dangerous thing
02:39.54[g2]gentoo ?
02:40.14kas11uh huh
02:41.39kas11curiosity overcame laziness
02:43.12kas11can't have all those bogomips going to waste anyhow
02:44.10[g2]malice, welcome
02:48.17[g2]ka6sox, I saw a sweet AMD64 mobo yesterday
02:49.45kas11what was it, [g2]?
02:51.41[g2]it was in a shop, I think it was a MSI with the X200 chipset and the 939 socket
02:52.32[g2]Had gigabit, USB, 4 SATA with on board Raid (dunno whether fake or real)    $109 US
02:52.34kas11this one is an Epox 9nda3....running a nice stable 300 mhz main clock
02:53.37[g2]I tried using on of my P4's as a Gigabit NAS and the performance totally SUCKED
02:53.44[g2]I was really surprised
02:54.00kas11I've read that the ATI boards seem to have RTC problems
02:54.00[g2]I think it was the setup that I had
02:54.42kas11P4....I've heard the term but never actually experienced it ;)
02:55.48[g2]I had a $25 SATA PCI card and my $27 Gigabit PCI card.
02:56.10kas11I still haven't gotten around to do the gigE thing...both A64s have gigE built in but I have no idea how they will perform
02:56.16[g2]The Gigabit card was known to do 600Mbs on ttcp throughput
02:56.40[g2]as measured on my lan with ttcp and a 800MB file
02:57.18kas11I have seen people talk between 600 and 700....if I see a decent 8169 I'll pick it up since J Garzik sez he has had the best luck with them
02:57.20[g2]however, trying to backup with tar over the NFS mount it was only like 40Mbs
02:57.34kas11NFSv4?
02:57.41[g2]v3
02:57.55[g2]v4 is still pretty green from what hear
02:58.05kas11v4 might be better from what I've read
02:58.08kas11true
02:58.13[g2]Oh... The board supports NCQ on the SATA drives too
02:58.32[g2]well I was looking for *backups*
02:58.42kas11I need to see what RHE4 is using by default...FC3 is using v4
02:58.48kas11well, CentOS...
02:59.07kas11being too cheap to actually buy an OS
02:59.30kas11I've been using v3 here myself
02:59.34[g2]The new SATA drive is *totally* kick ass
02:59.46kas11the last thing I need is nfs problems
02:59.59[g2]do you run much nfs ?
03:00.10kas11I prolly should qut buying cheap pata drives
03:01.20kas11all the time....devel files are on  Neptune (server) and I mostly compile from Mercury (the other A64)
03:01.43[g2]http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php?sort_type=price&masterid=3173558&isbn=&pid=
03:01.57[g2]that's the drive
03:02.05[g2]I got it locally
03:02.14[g2]It's faster that the Raptor
03:02.32[g2]at least according to hdparm
03:04.58[g2]I was measuring 60MBs on the Reads with hdparm
03:05.23kas11I've seen them at a reasonable price at compusa....but with pata being dirt cheap I haven't gone to sata yet
03:05.56kas11altho something has to give soon....most boxes around here have 3 HDs already...
03:05.57[g2]cheap is important.
03:06.19[g2]however, time is also something to consider
03:07.14kas11I'm seeing 47 on the pata here
03:07.36[g2]cool
03:07.46kas11the 16 mb cache on those is nice too
03:08.03[g2]I'm sure the AMD64 and the bw on the backplane helps alot
03:08.52kas11uh huh...I'm running on the older asus mb now while gentoo builds on the new board
03:09.36kas11it is a k8v with a via chipset
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03:10.25kas11the Epox is a nvidia nforce3-250 chipset
03:10.34dyoung-webI dont have the dexterity to work with SMT stuff anymore.
03:11.10[g2]dyoung-web, I've gotten some good quotes from ppl that do it everyday
03:12.01[g2]these guys even do bga replacement and one has an x-ray machine :)
03:12.04dyoung-web[g2] I'm hacking a board.  The final version should come from the factory with the stuff in the right place with the right values.
03:12.20dyoung-webCool.
03:12.35dyoung-webIts a LOT easier with the right tools.
03:12.47[g2]and if you do it all the time :)
03:13.04dyoung-webI'm trying to do things out of the scope of my ability.
03:13.06dyoung-webright.
03:13.18[g2]well that's the only way you learn
03:13.23dyoung-webMmm.... Chocolate Chips.....
03:14.07dyoung-web[g2] can I place a pre-order?
03:14.21[g2]dyoung-web, what do you want ?
03:14.42dyoung-webThe [g2] IXP 465 Dev Kit.
03:15.03[g2]the 465 is gonna be a little while
03:15.08dyoung-weboh.
03:15.09dyoung-webdrat.
03:15.30[g2]my understanding is the parts are not in full volume production yet
03:15.37dyoung-webOk, hows about the Avila with the '425?
03:15.52dyoung-webir is it actually cheaper to get a '082 ?
03:16.21[g2]depends on how many minipci slots you need and processor speed
03:17.39[g2]@ $156 the RV 042 with a 425 @ 266 Mhz is a great deal
03:18.17[g2]I'd consider bumping the memory to 64MB or 128MB
03:19.17[g2]how does 64MB sound with the 425 RV042 @ 266 with Serial header, JTAG header and 1 minipci sound ?
03:20.16[g2]don't forget the nice metal case and pretty blink'n lights :)
03:20.19dyoung-webWoo
03:20.21dyoung-webBlinky Lights.....
03:21.00dyoung-weboh yeah, for some reason I was thinking the 042 was sometihng other than a 425; but it was speed that was differnt.  duh!
03:21.13jacquesI wanna 082 with 128MB RAM
03:21.31jacqueswow those guys have minipci ???
03:21.36[g2]jacques, that's very doable
03:21.41[g2]*very*
03:21.49[g2]here's the rub
03:21.52dyoung-webMaybe I ought to just get a 042 so I can play in the Revvie Sandbox.
03:22.01[g2]the 042 has the do not install of the minipci
03:22.26dyoung-webjacques, was that engrish [g2] just used?
03:22.28[g2]082 at 16MB flash and 533 processor and pad for extra memory and flash, but no minipci layout
03:22.51jacquesd`oh
03:23.12jacquessigh
03:23.20jacquesanyone know how to spell ubuntu (sp?)
03:23.28[g2]ubuntu
03:23.31kas11you do
03:23.40dyoung-webpurl, ubuntu?
03:23.41purli heard ubuntu is uma distribuicao baseada no debian, livre, que se comprometeu a lancar muitos releases (de 6 em 6 meses). A palavra ubuntu significa 'uma pessoa eh uma pessoa atraves das outras'. Pergunte-me sobre debian-ubuntu. <http://www.ubuntulinux.org>
03:23.47jacquesah
03:23.57jacquesI tried ubuntu.org and no-go - thanks for the link
03:24.03dyoung-web~botsnack
03:24.03purldyoung-web: thanks
03:24.04qbot:)
03:24.31[g2]jacques, what do you want to do with the 425 ?
03:24.46kas11yo quiero taco bell
03:25.09jacques[g2], I want a faster pxa basically
03:25.24jacquesdamn safeway
03:25.32[g2]the 082 is @ 533
03:25.41kas115 yrs of HS spanish...who sez it was a total waste...but Portugues is incomprehensible
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03:25.48[g2]32MB mem and 16MB flash
03:26.08beewoolie-akf[g2]: blah blah blah
03:26.15[g2]beewoolie-akf, wb
03:26.17beewoolie-akf[g2]: Did you read the note about the synologics ds101?
03:26.27beewoolie-akfIt was on the nslu2-linux list.
03:26.28[g2]nope ?
03:26.49jacques[g2], yeah the 533 drew me to the 082
03:26.50beewoolie-akfIt's another SAN box.  Looks like it's got more hackables than the slug.  Faster, too.
03:26.58jacquesbut minipci is a real draw too
03:27.16beewoolie-akfAnd it has  minipci solder pads.
03:27.17[g2]beewoolie-akf, that was like a month ago on the list ?
03:27.26beewoolie-akfProbably.  I'm a bit behind.
03:27.37[g2]yeah I saw that
03:27.54[g2]they aren't too available in the states last I looked
03:28.01dyoung-webbuzbee gave me some high res pics of the ds101 internals.
03:28.20[g2]nod we looked at them and it was a 420
03:28.27[g2]iirc
03:28.47dyoung-webRight, a 420; with jtag.  I wasnt that impressed.
03:28.50beewoolie-akfBoth ethernet jacks potentially available.
03:28.57beewoolie-akfthree USB ports.
03:29.05beewoolie-akfAnd it has IDE inside.
03:29.18beewoolie-akfThe biggest problem is that it's going for more than $200.
03:29.21jacquesman, this is a *really* interesting conversation, but I am in another one on AIM so I can't really pay attention :-\
03:29.48dyoung-websomeone told me there were some issues with importing the ds101 here, and the likelyhood of it being widely availble through a us importer was slipping away.
03:30.05dyoung-webI dont quite remember what the deal with that was though.
03:30.25beewoolie-akfWierd.
03:30.27kas11stage 1 needs distcc and -j8....geeez
03:30.42beewoolie-akfj8.  That's some hardare.
03:30.50[g2]it's likely I'll build hw pretty soon
03:30.58beewoolie-akfYou go dog.
03:31.09[g2]or just buy the IXP425 dev board
03:31.12beewoolie-akfdid you see the story about the ultra thin clients?
03:31.22beewoolie-akfreally awesome work.
03:31.23[g2]url ?
03:31.26beewoolie-akf...
03:31.39beewoolie-akfhttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/03/ultra_thin_digital_divide/
03:31.55beewoolie-akfI think that they're missing the big story.
03:32.12dyoung-webEmbed The World.
03:32.21beewoolie-akfThis is a huge huge massive big scary threat to MS.
03:32.44beewoolie-akfThink about high-bandwidth to the home and $75 workstations.
03:32.58beewoolie-akfAll SW is remote and the user interacts of the net.
03:33.01dyoung-webis that bigger than super-jimangous ?
03:33.03beewoolie-akf...with the server.
03:33.09beewoolie-akf*WAY* bigger.
03:33.18[g2]you can already buy ultra thin clients cheap $250ish
03:33.22dyoung-webSuper Dumper Massively Huge.
03:33.31dyoung-webDUPER rather.
03:33.32beewoolie-akfThey're making it cheaper than that.
03:33.52beewoolie-akfOne of the keys to this tech is taking all of the HW out of the client.
03:33.57[g2]well they're talking about making it cheaper
03:34.03beewoolie-akfthey've got a FPGA, video ram, and ethernet.
03:34.09beewoolie-akfNo CPU.
03:34.31dyoung-webAha, I was wondering when someone was going to do that.
03:34.33[g2]the $250 box has an AMD NX in it iirc
03:34.40beewoolie-akfWAY to big.
03:34.44[g2]plus memory, flash etc ....
03:35.04dyoung-webI was an early adopter of Thin Clients.
03:35.14dyoung-webnow all collecting dust on a shelf.
03:35.15beewoolie-akfThey are thinking that they can put a single chip in the chasis of an LCD monitor, give it a couple of USB ports and be done.
03:35.24beewoolie-akfdyoung-web: NCD?
03:35.29dyoung-webHDS.
03:35.36beewoolie-akfDidn't use that one.
03:35.53beewoolie-akfI used one at my house for a while, but the X server was too slow.
03:36.23beewoolie-akfThat's the problem with traditional thin clients.  There is still some pressure to upgrade if the speed is too low.
03:36.43[g2]http://www.dtresearch.com/prod_webDT166LX.html.
03:36.54[g2]I think these go for about $250
03:37.00beewoolie-akfThey're talking about reducing the energy for manufacturing, the power consumption, and the overall waste.
03:37.37beewoolie-akfRight.  Way more parts in those things than what these people are doing.
03:38.01[g2]beewoolie-akf, FPGAs are ready yet in terms of cost/functionality
03:38.11beewoolie-akfFor example, they note that it will be even cheaper when they can put the HW inside the monitor because there won't be a VGA port or the corresponding translations.
03:38.11[g2]s/are/aren't
03:38.42[g2]The monitor and the BW are the driving cost factors
03:39.20[g2]at monitor 17-19" is still $150-200
03:39.29beewoolie-akfThey didn't talk about that much.  I think that some of the SOCs could be good for this, though.  Not 128MiB of memory, but more like 1MiB.  It's a whole different way to look at it.
03:39.37[g2]wifi can help with the BW but it's still very expensive
03:39.45beewoolie-akfMonitors are being recycled as an astonishing rate.  They're practically free.
03:40.01beewoolie-akfRead the presentation.  They talk explicitly about BW.
03:40.43kas11the M$FT tax is the real showstopper on most of the current things they are pushing now in the 3rd world....seems to be a little profit sharing with the politicos
03:40.43beewoolie-akfI don't think they're using a standard protocol for the user presentation.
03:41.25beewoolie-akfkas11: they talk a little about that.  I also read something recently about how it can be as much as $100 of the system price...the MS tax.
03:42.43kas11yeppers...the profit motive among banditos seems to be an overriding consideration
03:43.22kas11where's the fun if Billy doesn't get his cut
03:43.29beewoolie-akfIt doesn't seem to universal.  did you read about the google web accelerator?  No direct profit motive there.
03:43.41dyoung-webSpeaking of cut...
03:43.45beewoolie-akfLooks like good-will building from where I stand.
03:43.50kas11have you seen the price of their stock?
03:43.55dyoung-webDid any of you have a IBM 75GXP that failed?
03:44.44beewoolie-akfkas11: Whose stock?
03:44.53kas11Google
03:45.02beewoolie-akfGoing which way?
03:45.28kas11up...somewhere north of $200 now...
03:45.44beewoolie-akfdyoung-web: Don't know about those.  The first hit on google is IBM SUCKS.
03:45.47dyoung-webit closed ~228.
03:46.08kas11it is so outrageous that I stopped even watching....
03:46.10beewoolie-akfMost people recognize a good thing when they see it.
03:46.20dyoung-webokay just wondering because I got this stuff in the mail about a class action settlement for 75GXP's
03:46.44dyoung-web$100 ea for failed, or 25 blank cds for not failed.
03:46.49kas11there was an article about the suit on the Inq
03:47.02beewoolie-akfHmm.
03:47.34beewoolie-akfI've been sticking with Maxtor/Quantum for a few years.  Drives have failed, but they've always made good straight away.  Most of the time they're rock solid.
03:47.45kas11seemed to imply only certain serial #s and had to have proof of purchase
03:47.50jacquesdamn, I had four personal deathstars fail
03:48.00jacquesand at work we had 9 out of 10 fail
03:48.33dyoung-webI have close to 30.  almost all failed.
03:48.36jacquesbut since I haven't touched an IBM HD with a 10 meter pole in several years, naturally I don't have PoP
03:48.58kas11hard to understand how they have a 100,000 hr MTBF but will only stand behind them for 1 yr....seems like a disconnect there somewhere
03:49.56kas11perhaps they are worried about applications where they drives travel at near the speed of light
03:49.57jacqueswhat I don't understand is how long it took for IBM to admit there was a problem - actually, have they admitted it yet?
03:50.25kas11tacitly by handing the ball to Hitachi
03:50.30dyoung-webno, the document says "IBM vigorously denies the allegations"
03:51.18jacquesthat's insane
03:52.09kas11I need a class action lawsuit again Epson...they need to every CX 5400 they ever sold
03:53.02kas11s/to every/to eat every/
03:56.11kas111hr 56 mins to get from stage 1 to stage 2
03:57.18dyoung-webOh dammit, I'm not in the class!
03:58.41jacques?
03:59.07kas11you don't have a genuine DeathStar, eh?
04:03.30beewooliekas11: What are you working on?
04:03.50dyoung-webThe ones I have/had are excluded.
04:03.57kas11building Gentoo on an Athlon 64
04:03.58beewooliedyoung-web: Too old?  Those desks seem to shrink every year.
04:04.03dyoung-webbut I might qualify with the 3 I have at home.
04:04.18beewooliekas11: Hmm.  64bit all the way?
04:05.03[g2]nite all
04:05.08beewoolie[g2]: nite.
04:05.15dyoung-webnitey!
04:06.09kas11that's what I'm building now....I've been mostly running i386 on the older A64 or avoid the warts
04:06.15kas11niters [g2]
04:09.54kas11I have 2 A64...a stock Clawhammer 3200+ and a Winchester 3000+ that is slightly overclocked...this is building on the Winchester
04:10.45dyoung-webNew iMac G5....
04:12.16dyoung-webits nice the new one has GigE
04:12.38dyoung-webbut it makes the "older" ones $400 less. ;-)
04:15.18dyoung-weboh hell.
04:15.20dyoung-webTax.
04:15.31kas11*lol* tax refund implies income.../me sold older system to finance new
04:16.11jacquessince I only had income for < 1/2 of 2004, I am getting some healthy refunds (state and federal)
04:18.35kas11I have less than $400 in this one....had a server case/ps and a cnps7000 on hand tho
04:19.32kas11and I didn't spring for ***reallly*** fast memory...so it isn't really a 4000+
04:23.23dyoung-webback later.
04:44.46ka6sox-awayrats!
04:45.12kas11don't like them
04:45.34ka6sox-away:)
04:45.44kas11'zup?
04:46.02ka6sox-awayjes got home...long day...bout u?
04:46.29kas11doin' fine...waiting on a gentoo build to complete
04:50.25ka6sox-awaysweet
04:54.23kas11I wonder if I can get a patent on "a method for resisiting the effect of gravity"....for lack of a better term I'll call it dirt....the PO seems to grant just about anything asked for...be nice to get a piece of the action every time someone uses my "invention"
04:55.06ka6sox-away:)
04:55.29kas11maybe a been name would be earth...that has a nice ring to it...I hope M$FT or Amazon hasn't beat me to it
04:55.42ka6sox-awaylol
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14:47.58prpplaguehehe, collecting a nice little group here
15:08.08malicethere are a few hehe
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18:45.02kas11[g2] 5 hrs 35 minutes to a login on a stage 1 build...is that a decent time?
18:45.54kas11I went to bed after finding an emerge gnome not particularly entertaining ;)
19:09.35ka6sox-officeI'll bet that could be pretty boring.
19:23.47kas11uh huh...especially considering I forgot to enable frame buffer support in the kernel so everything was in a big, ugly console font
19:28.42kas11I need to do the same thing with the stock 3200+ so I can get an idea whether it is worth finding some DDR-600 so I can run this puppy's memory controller at 1:1
19:35.29kas11the upwards locked multiplier on the A64s is a pita...running CPU at 8x * 300mhz but the memory controller is at /12 and the HTT is only at 900 mhz cuz I was too cheap to buy a real 4000+
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