The IBM ThinkCentre 8291-A1X is awarded the AppLabs Linux Compatibility mark.

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

•  RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
•  TurboLinux 10

This document presents the these compbatibility testing results.

System Configuration

The following table defines the system configuration tested by AppLabs.

System  Configuration as Tested
Company	IBM Inc.
Model	ThinkCentre 8291-A1X
BIOS  Revision	AwardBIOS C915KT15A
Main Board and Chipset	Intel 915GV; Intel915GV + 82801FB ICH6
Processor	Intel Celeron 2.8 GHz
RAM	256MB
HBA	IDE
Motherboard Features and Capabilities	1. The Thinkcentre supports Intel Pentium 4 /Celeron D processors and DDR I memory.   2. The system is housed in a single form factor chassis Micro Tower.
Display Adapters (AGP/PCI)	On-board Intel 915GV
Serial  Ports	One (1) 16550a
Parallel  Ports	One (1)  bi-directional
USB  Ports	Six (6) USB 2.0
I/O Ports and Buses	Three (3) 32-bit PCI
Network Interface	On-Board Realtek RTL8100C
CDROM	CDROM TSST TS-H192, IDE
Audio Chipset / Sound Card	On Board Realtek ALC655
Floppy Drive	1.44 standard diskette
Hard Drive	80GB/7200RPM Western Digital® WD800JD(SATA), IDE
KeyBoard	Keyboard as tested is a 101-key generic.
Mouse	Mouse as tested is a Logitech 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
LILO Compatibility		PASSED
Heavy I/O Test		PASSED
Network Test		PASSED
Network Load Test		N/A
SMP Test		N/A)
Display Adapter
Console Compatibility		PASSED
X Server Compatibility		PASSED
Sound Adapter
Basic Sound Compatibility		N/A
Advanced Sound Availibility		N/A
Advanced Sound Compatibility		N/A
Serial Ports
Kernel Detection		PASSED
Setserial Compatibility		PASSED
Throughput Testing		PASSED
Parallel Ports
Kernel Detection		PASSED
Compatibility Testing		PASSED
Mouse
Kernel Detection		PASSED
Compatibility Testing		PASSED
Keyboard
Compatibility Test		PASSED

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