[Gllug] Epia M9000 and Woody

[Axel Segebrecht]

Hi all,

Thanks to Sean Tohill I have been able to splash out on a new mini-ITX 
system :D

It's an Epia M9000 in a Morex Cubid 2699R case, with a Teac DVD and IBM 
60GB hdd. The system without the hdd and 512MB DDR chip is relatively 
affordable at around £340 inclusive.

It's not as 'silent' as I had hoped thanks to the two extra mini-fans in 
the case. Still, compared to most other things out there - apart from 
fan-less cases and mobos of course - it's extremely quiet ;)

As I'm off to the CeBIT(*) soon, I'll look out for any interesting 
mini-ITX  things I'll come across and post them here.

Thanks to Will, who spent an afternoon with me installing Debian 3.0, 
I've got everything working fine. Everything? Not quite.

I'm using the 2.2.0 kernel as we haven't yet figured out why the nic 
won't work with the 2.4.0. Also, the sound chip doesn't say a beep 
either ;'(

Googling and board-surfing reveals that most people recommend using the 
2.4.0 with the official VIA driver. I haven't tried that yet but it's on 
the list for the weekend *g*

The nic is still the main problem though with no resolutions on the 
horizon yet.

I may be able to pop 'round for the Install Fest tomorrow but sadly 
don't have much time.

I'm looking forward to any pointers, experiences or just rants'n'raves 
on the above topic, on the list for now =)

(*) If anyone is looking for something in particular - not just mini-ITX 
- and would like me to investigate, please mail me off-list so I can add 
it to my 'To-Do-List'.

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