root (root@ufo.westsound.com)
Fri, 2 Oct 1998 09:11:41 -0700 (PDT)
My best estimate is the parport Sparq is about 20% as fast as my SCSI
drives. And yes, I had problems with data integrity while the Sparq was
configured in 32bit mode while in linux, although no apparent data
integrity problems while using DOS as my OS.
It price and media removability are attractive, but I'm still reading to
determin whether it is the Sparq itself or the chipset on my parport that
was responsible for the data integrity errors.
On Sat, 26 Sep 1998 grant@torque.net wrote:
> > Hi, I am trying to install RedHat 4.2 Linux on my PP SparQ
> > drive, and I am not sure how to proceed.
>
> Unfortunately, it's not simple. At this time, the only effective way
> to do it is to install Linux on another machine and "manually" move the
> resulting file systems onto the SparQ. You'll also need to upgrade to
> kernel version 2.0.35 or later to get the drivers you'll need to use
> the SparQ.
>
> Please note that the resulting system might not be terribly useable:
> the SparQ is significantly slower than an internal disk - and there are
> persistent reports of reliability issues with the drives.
>
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