Posts tagged e521
Continuing Saga – Dell E521 vs....
By now, I feel pretty punch drunk. My Dell E521 has been kicking my beehind for quite a few days as I” onclick=”return TrackClick(” onclick=”return TrackClick(”,’ftp%3A%2F%2Fftp.us.dell.com%2Fbios%2F’)”" onclick=”return TrackClick(”,’ftp%3A%2F%2Fftp.us.dell.com%2Fbios%2F’ [...]
Dell E521 and PCLinuxOS 2007 Final
It’s been a process of elimination to get my Dell E521 working. Previous workarounds with boot options didn’t work…so I had to use a combination of boot options to get things working nice and stable.
I powered up the PCLinuxOS 2007 Final LiveCD and began the installation to disk. During the bootloader configuration I appen [...]
Speed Tweaking PCLinuxOS 2007 TR3
Using PCLinuxOS 2007 TR3 for the last few weeks, I’ve noticed VAST improvements over the .93a release. The most noticable of these is boot times. My boot time is absolutely amazing on this Dell E521n…it averages 30-40 seconds. That’s right. 30-40 SECONDS. I was floored the first time I booted after install. I thought I [...]
Dell Dimension E521 with Linux
I bought a Dimension E521n to replace my server last week. I previously built a system myself with an AMD Duron Processor and an add on IDE Controller so I could load it up with hard drives for a file server. The only downside to this was that the fan I bought for this server I built was loud…REALLY loud. When we moved to a different [...]