calling owners of Compaq professional 5100

[iainpb]

I have recently acquired a compaq professional 5100 dual PII workstation, i intend to install linux and use it as a fileserver for a small subnet.

I have been unable to find any data on this machine on the web, do the chips both have to run at the same speed or can i run two chips at different speeds; eg one at 450, one at 300.
thanks
iain

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[marvhuffaker]

Not an answer specific to your system, but in general terms... Server software generally requires the processors to be the same for dual-processor functionality. Furthermore, on Novell Systems at least, it's even more picky and you have to also make sure you use processors with the same step factor, etc.

Marvin Huffaker MCNE, CNE
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[Ianux]

Manual for Compaq Professional Workstation 5100 can be found at

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsuppor...askId=101&prodTypeId=12454&prodSeriesId=96454

I have one of these working with two 333MHz PII processors and Mandrake installed. Only supports processor speeds of 266, 300 and 333 MHz - and there is only one jumper to set speed, so you'd be able to get two 300MHz processors out of your example.