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Leviathann
03-22-2005, 10:43 PM
If someone could lend me a socket 478 processor I would have another machine to hook up to whatever project.

If this is possible I also need to know how to network that machine to my main machine (the one I'm on now) because it has no HDD or monitor. I assume I will need a crossover cable and an extra NIC, correct? Pass that I have no idea how it would work.

Leviathann
03-25-2005, 05:03 AM
If someone is kind enough to do this I'd be happy to donate some points to them.

Bok
03-25-2005, 08:30 AM
Originally posted by Leviathann
If someone is kind enough to do this I'd be happy to donate some points to them.

Without a HD you'd need to run a bootable distro too which would be linux. I don't think you'd be able to get that talking via a crossover cable to windows, you'd need a switch/hub.

Not that I have any 478 procs around.

Bok

Leviathann
03-25-2005, 08:33 AM
crap, oh well.:mad:

alpha
03-25-2005, 08:53 AM
Originally posted by Bok
I don't think you'd be able to get that talking via a crossover cable to windows, you'd need a switch/hub.

IIRC, my first REAL "network" was a FreeBSD and Windows 98 computer connected with a crossover cable. It should be possible.