Intel NLX motherboards

Scott Hassan (hassan@findmail.com)
11 Aug 1998 09:06:32 -0000

I have been having trouble with Linux on the new Intel NLX
chipset. More specifically on the Sahara II Databooks made
by FICA. Here is a URL for a specification of a Databook:

http://www.fica.com/english/product/system/databook/sahara.htm

The cool thing about these machines is the formfacter. They can
handle a Pentium 300 II, 256M of memory, two disks, and are
*only* 3.75" high. I figure I can put 12 on a standard 23" rack
shelf. It seems that I should be able to fit 72 of these in the
rack. Way, cool!

RedHat 5.1 installs okay on the machine (PII300/256M/6.4G) but
after a day, it crashes with "bdflush, sleeping..." messages.
I am running 2.0.35.

I saw this same problem with the Intel BX chipset and I found
that 2.0.35 fixed this problem.

Has anyone tested Linux out with the Intel NLX chipset?
Does the 2.1.x kernels work with the NLX?

Thanks,

Scott Hassan
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