On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:42:03 +0100
David Rozzell <hantslug@???> wrote:
> I bought this [1] Barebones bundle from Novatech almost 2 weeks ago,
> not had any issues with it, installed Opensuse11.0 64bit on it
> without any problems at all. It uses the MSI K9N6PGM2-V motherboard
> [2] which is 24.4cm (9.6") X 20.5cm (8"), so not quite as big as the
> one you have now. Novatech also sell the motherboard separately [3]
> or as a motherboard bundle with processor & RAM [4]
> [1] http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?BB-A502M
Thanks David for the pointer to that m/b.
I ordered it plus a 550W power supply, a sata diskdrive & DVD writer
plus ATI Radeon HD3450 graphics card. I set up all the hardware in my
existing Maxdata case and found it booted without any errors.
Having previously downloaded the debian etch net-installer iso and
burned it to cd I was then able to install etch and upgrade it to sid
without any problems. Xorg & wmaker just worked without any effort on
my part.
Now all I have to do is copy across any personal data from the old
hardrive via USB stick and it looks like I now have for the first time
ever a fairly modern system :-)
--
John Lewis
using Debian Sid with windowmaker for a nicer desktop
