AST Premium 1000
Linux Compatibility Testing Results

System Type: Workstation
Test Completed: 1999-05-14

AST Premium 1000 is awarded the AppLabs Linux Compatibility mark.

AppLabs' www.Linux-Tested.com compatibility testing of this system showed the following distributions compatible with the AST Premium 1000:

Caldera OpenLinux 2.2

This document presents the compatibility testing results.

System Configuration

The following table defines the system configuration tested by AppLabs.

System Configuration as Tested
Company	AST
Model	AST Premium 1000
BIOS Revision	PhoenixBIOS 4.0 release 6.0
Main Board and Chipset	Intel® nl 44BX/+440BX Production release 9.0
Processor(s)	Pentium® III 500Mhz
RAM	NA
HBA	Adaptec® AHA-7896 Ultra2 SCSI
Motherboard Features and Capabilities	NA
Display Adapter	Cirrus Logic CX 5480 with 2MB memory
Serial Ports	Two (2) 16550 compatible
Parallel Ports	One (1) Enhanced Bi-directional
USB Ports	None
I/O Ports and buses
Host Bus Adapter	Adaptec® AHA-7896 Ultra2 SCSI
Network Interface	Intel® 10/100 Pro 82558B
Audio Chipset / Sound Card	None
Optical Drive	Hitachi CDR (IDE)
Hard Drive	Seagate® ST3E573W
Floppy Drive	Standard 1.44MB
Keyboard	Standard 101 Keyboard
Pointing Device	Compaq PS/2 Mouse
Miscellaneous Hardware	None

Testing Results

The following table defines the hardware as tested in this system by AppLabs, and provides the pass/fail results.

Tests and determinations are available for reference in ASCII format for immediate viewing.

Test Comment Result
Installation Testing
CD-ROM Installation PASSED
NFS/FTP Installation PASSED
Device Auto Probing PASSED
Base System Testing
Kernel Compatibility PASSED
GRUB/LILO Compatibility PASSED
Heavy I/O Test PASSED
Network Test PASSED
Network Load Test (Not required on workstation test) PASSED
SMP Test (Only required multiprocessor systems) PASSED
Display Adapter
Console Compatibility PASSED
X Server Compatibility PASSED
Stand Alone Monitor (Laptop Test Only) NA
Simultaneous Display CRT/LCD (Laptop Test Only) NA
Sound Adapter
Basic Sound Compatibility PASSED
Advanced Sound Availibility PASSED
Advanced Sound Compatibility PASSED
Serial Ports
Kernel Detection PASSED
Compatibility Testing PASSED
Throughput Testing PASSED
Parallel Ports
Kernel Detection PASSED
Compatibility Testing PASSED
Mouse
Kernel Detection PASSED
Compatibility Testing PASSED
Keyboard
Compatibility Testing PASSED

Notes and Observations:

The NFS install needed the modules disk to detect the NIC

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