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IBM IntelliStation M-Pro 6868
Linux Compatibility Testing Results
AppLabs
March 22, 2000
- This document
presents the results of the Linux Compatibility test, which
included the installation of Caldera OpenLinux 2.3, TurboLinux
6.0, and SuSE Linux 6.3 on the IBM IntelliStation M-Pro
workstation.
AppLabs' Linux
compatibility testing of this system showed the IBM
IntelliStation M-Pro workstation to be compatible with
Caldera OpenLinux 2.3, TurboLinux 6.0, and SuSE 6.3. The
IBM IntelliStation M-Pro is awarded the AppLabs Linux
Compatibility mark.
System
Configuration
The following table
defines the system configuration tested by AppLabs.
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System Configuration
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Model |
IBM Intellistation M-Pro |
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BIOS |
Intel Boot Agent 2.6, Build 5 |
Testing
Results
The following table
defines the hardware as tested in this system by AppLabs, and
provides the pass/fail results.
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Test |
Comment |
Result |
| Installation Testing |
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CD-ROM Installation |
|
PASSED |
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NFS Installation |
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PASSED |
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Device Auto Probing |
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PASSED |
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System Setup |
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Kernel Compatibility
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|
PASSED |
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LILO Compatibility |
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PASSED |
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SMP APIC Compatibility |
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N/A |
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I/O Sanity |
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Heavy disk I/O Testing |
Run for over 8 hours |
PASSED |
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Network Throughput Testing |
Run for over 8 hours |
PASSED |
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Display Adapter |
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Console Compatibility |
N/A |
PASSED |
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X Windows Compatibility
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N/A |
PASSED |
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Sound Adapter |
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Basic Sound Compatibility |
See Notes |
PASSED |
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Advanced Sound Availability
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PASSED |
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Advanced Sound Compatibility
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PASSED |
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Serial Ports |
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Kernel Detection |
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PASSED |
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Setserial Compatibility |
N/A |
PASSED |
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Throughput Testing |
N/A |
PASSED |
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Parallel Ports |
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Kernel Detection |
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PASSED |
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Compatibility Testing |
N/A |
PASSED |
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Mouse Ports |
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Kernel Detection |
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PASSED |
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Compatibility Testing |
N/A |
PASSED |
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Other |
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Pointing Device |
N/A |
PASSED |
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Keyboard |
N/A |
PASSED |
Hardware
Details
The following table
defines the hardware configuration details for the tested system.
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Hardware Configuration
Information |
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Motherboard and Processor |
This test system contains one Intel Pentium III processor clocked 733 MHz.
Main board ID number is: J1BKD01Q554.
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Display Adapters |
The configuration as
tested by AppLabs included a Matrox G400 AGP display
adapter. There is 16 MB of video RAM.
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I/O Busses |
There
are five (5) 32-bit PCI slots. This system includes one AGP slot and
no (0) ISA slots. The system includes a standard floppy drive
interface. There are two USB ports. There are PS/2 style
keyboard and mouse ports. |
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Network Interface |
The network adapter used
is an integrated Intel Ether Express Pro 100. |
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Included Peripherals |
The included CD-ROM drive
is a Atapi-type CDR-8480C. This system was tested with an IBM KB-7953 104 button PS/2 key
keyboard and a generic 3-buttton mouse.
The hard drive tested was an IBM-DJNA-371350 (13GB) IDE drive.
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Miscellaneous Hardware |
There is one 16550A
compatible serial port present. There is one bi-directional
parallel port. There is one 1.44 megabyte floppy drive.
present. |
Related
Notes
Notes
1. Sound was tested for Caldera 2.3 and TurboLinux 6.0 using the Alsa drivers available at:
http://www.alsa-project.org/
2. Sound for SuSE 3.6 required no modification past installation when the multimedia
configuration is included in the install.
http://www.alsa-project.org/
Legal
AppLabs makes no warranty, either expressed or implied, regarding the information or lack thereof present in this document or in the documents it references.
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