Systems

buick

buick was named after my first car, a 1984 Buick Century. It is my primary machine.

Hardware

• Motherboard: Intel PD440FX
• Processor: Pentium II (Klamath) at 266 MHz
• Memory: 128 MB EDO (4 x 32).
• Video: Number Nine something or other
• Audio: on-board Crystal CS4232 or something
• Fixed storage: Western Digital WD102BA 10 GB hard drive
• Removable storage: 3.5-inch floppy, IDE/ATA CD-ROM, Syquest SparQ drive, USB-based external CD writer.

Software

buick runs Debian 3.1.

Long-term notes

• Switch from dump to tar when O_NOATIME is supported. Currently planned for the release of Debian etch, and an upgrade to a Linux 2.6 series kernel.