[GLLUG] Free hardware

Fri Jun 5 14:29:53 EDT 2009

I like the idea of actually loading up Linux, and also of giving the hardware to folks who will use it.  I occasionally sit on the technology advisory board at LCC - should I call and ask them if they would use it?  I even see a tax-writeoff in my future :)

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-----Original Message-----
From: linux-user-bounces at egr.msu.edu [mailto:linux-user-bounces at egr.msu.edu] On Behalf Of Eduardo Cesconetto
Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 1:54 PM
To: Charles Ulrich
Cc: linux-user at egr.msu.edu
Subject: Re: [GLLUG] Free hardware

It would be a nice way to introduce GLLUG to a school, maybe donate a ready-to-go Linux running alternative computer lab, along with a intro to open source panel for students. Just saying...

Eduardo Cesconetto - eduardo at cesconetto.com

On Apr 5, 2009, at 12:04 PM, Charles Ulrich <charles at bityard.net> wrote:

> I like this idea. Despite my best efforts at not accumulating too much 
> crap, I still find myself periodically needing to get rid of a small 
> pile of perfectly good (if somewhat outdated) hardware.
>
> Charles
>
> ----- Original message -----
>> I've got a random closet full of parts, too.  Is there any interest 
>> in getting together some weekend (perhaps in the fall) and having our 
>> own not-so-junkpile event to build (donate?) a bunch of usable 
>> systems?
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Lachniet, 
>> Mark<mlachniet at analysts.com> wrote:
>>> Hey I'm too lazy to do research and pull off all the cooling fans 
>>> and stuff, but I can say that I have at least 2-3 functional 
>>> motherboard and CPU combos that are fast enough to run decent Linux 
>>> boxes.  They run Windows XP just fine.  Come over to my house and 
>>> you are welcome to poke around at them.
>>>
>>> The Dell servers are BIG and NOISY.  I think like 16U maybe?  or 12? 
>>> .  The
>>> first is 2x650mhz CPU, the second is 4x700mhz CPU.  Both Xeon.   
>>> They both
>>> have memory between 2gb and 4gb (actually that memory is probably 
>>> worth money).  Thus the CPUs have a huge amount of Cache, but a low 
>>> clock speed.
>>> Each one has like 3 power supplies, the ability to do RAID (but no 
>>> rails for the disks)  They would be perfect for a web server that 
>>> needed to have high availability - you could get a RAID 1 server set 
>>> up with 3 power supplies in a day - but they would not be super 
>>> fast.  I think I have at least one person who is gonna take the Dell 
>>> servers.  The 9gb disk is just the only LVD SCSI hard drive I had 
>>> laying around - I threw it in there and install VMWARE ESX on it I 
>>> think.  Its not even properly mounted, just hanging there by a 
>>> frayed SCSI cable but functional ________________________________
>>> From: frank.dolinar at comcast.net [mailto:frank.dolinar at comcast.net]
>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 2:35 PM
>>> To: Lachniet, Mark
>>> Cc: linux-user at egr.msu.edu
>>> Subject: Re: [GLLUG] Free hardware
>>>
>>> Mark,
>>>    I'm interested in knowing more about the motherboards, e.g.  
>>> make, model,
>>> processor, with or without memory?
>>>    And I may have a use for the Xeon server.  How big is the box?  
>>> Is the
>>> 9Gb disk part of that or separate? How noisy is the power supply?
>>>
>>>    Please advise.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Frank
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Mark Lachniet" <mlachniet at analysts.com>
>>> To: linux-user at egr.msu.edu
>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2009 12:57:26 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada 
>>> Eastern
>>> Subject: [GLLUG] Free hardware
>>>
>>> I have some random computer hardware that I will give away to a good 
>>> home.
>>>  A few working motherboard/cpu/cooling fan combos - generally Athlon 
>>> up to about 1gig in speed.  Most of them need PC 3200 memory.  They 
>>> all work.  I also have a big stack of black Dell CD-ROM drives (not 
>>> DVD).  In addition a few misc. items if anyone wants to dig through 
>>> my crap.  More ribbon cables
>>> than you can shake a stick at, old video and network cards, etc.   
>>> I also
>>> have some BIG A$$ Dell servers - including one Quad-core Xeon with 
>>> 2gb of memory and a 9gb disk and three power supplies.  They are too 
>>> big for my rack but they work.  I would sell them on ebay but the 
>>> cost of shipping these beasts exceeds their value
>>>
>>> Send me an email if you wanna get dibs on any of this stuff 
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