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Anyone that has experience with VIA processors? - Bish0pQ - 03-07-2016
So a few weeks back I bought a small system, it was running Windows xp server. Anyway, I tried a various amount of linux distro's and they did not work.
The purpose of the PC is having a fileserver for personal use since the settings aren't great.
I'm not home now so I don't know the exact specs but it has:
- 512 MB RAM (DDR3)
- 512 MB SSD (Didn't even know they existed this small)
- Motherboard (unkown)
- Processor : VIA (unkown)
My question to you guys is, have you worked with a VIA processor before and if yes, what distro's can run on it do you think?
VIA website : http://www.viatech.com/en/silicon/processors/
RE: Anyone that has experience with VIA processors? - pvnk - 03-07-2016
http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/
RE: Anyone that has experience with VIA processors? - Bish0pQ - 03-07-2016
(03-07-2016, 04:23 PM)primitiv Wrote: http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/
Does this support VIA processors? Because I tried the normal debian image and it didn't work.
RE: Anyone that has experience with VIA processors? - pvnk - 03-07-2016
You can try it. There's not much information I'm dealing with. Model number of your processor is unknown.
RE: Anyone that has experience with VIA processors? - Codec - 03-11-2016
You may want to try some lightweight distrobution such as Slackware or Arch Linux, due to the low-end specifications and I'm not even sure if that'll even work. In worst case, you may have to use some older version of Windows on it and install an FTP-server.
RE: Anyone that has experience with VIA processors? - zorrophreak - 03-11-2016
VIA tends to create ARM based processors, however there is a possibility that you will be running one of VIA's x86 chips. What is the machine?
RE: Anyone that has experience with VIA processors? - Skullmeat - 03-11-2016
They still make VIA processors? Ive never seen one.
RE: Anyone that has experience with VIA processors? - pvnk - 03-11-2016
(03-11-2016, 07:49 PM)Skullmeat Wrote: They still make VIA processors? Ive never seen one.
Just because you've never seen one doesn't mean they don't make them.
http://www.embeddedworks.net/empc394.html?gclid=CKi0reymucsCFYwkgQodXHcAxg
RE: Anyone that has experience with VIA processors? - Skullmeat - 03-11-2016
I'm sure they exist, its just that they are relatively uncommon, so I was surprised the OP has one.
RE: Anyone that has experience with VIA processors? - pvnk - 03-11-2016
(03-11-2016, 07:54 PM)Skullmeat Wrote: I'm sure they exist, its just that they are relatively uncommon, so I was surprised the OP has one.
The way you framed your question led me to believe otherwise. Thanks for clarifying.