FC4 on Pentium M based SD11G5

hdarwen · #1 28th February 2006, 12:01 AM

Anyone know what my chances are of getting Fedora Core 4 installed (without too much stress

) on the Pentium M based Shuttle SD11G5?

I want to run it as a media server in the house and like the look of the low noise spec. Only need on board graphics (while i set it up), and don't need SATA initially at least.

I noticed the FC4 release notes do not specifically state Pentium M support, but a search on the web seems to show a lot of people seem to have managed Pentium M based installations.

If anyone can make me feel a bit better about it I'd be grateful.

Thx.

Howard.

***Firewing1*** · #2 28th February 2006, 12:37 AM

I'm sure it will work. I think all pentiums are supported, and it's just not on the list 'cause M is newer than the Core 4. I'd wait for FC5 anyhow, though, as it's released March 10th and it'll be well worth the 13-ish (usually FC releases are 1 or 2 days late...) day wait..... As for SATA, it depends, but NForce / NVidia Chipset SATA drivers are known to work well out of the box. You can use my server setup (sig link) howto to use VNC to remote to the box for admin - that way you don't need a screen for it

Firewing1

jnob · #3 28th February 2006, 08:35 AM

Linux has looong supported Pentium M - just think of Linux on laptops (which are almost all M). BTW I just recently installed Linux on an XCcube M-based BB PC.

hdarwen · #4 28th February 2006, 12:19 PM

thx for the replies ... just ordered the bits ... will see how i get on.

waiting for 5 sounds tempting. thx on the VNC tips, i'll probably just SSH to the box once its all setup though. i plan to install as a server, get samba working, ntp, then install slimserver and that's most of what i need. i already tried that out on an old dell at home, and i seemed to manage ok

.

learning something about power management is my next task. looks like there's some funky stuff you can do with the shuttles, and as it will be on 24/7, could be worth it.

l8r.

h.

CrystalCowboy · #5 28th February 2006, 06:14 PM

The Pentium M is no problem at all; I've got halz a dozen P-Ms running various versions of Fedora. You could hit a few snags with peripherals if its a very recent chipset, but looking over the specs I don't see anything obvious.