New Server - Back to RH8

[Ugo Bellavance]

>-----Message d'origine-----
>De : Pete [mailto:pete at eatathome.com.au]
>Envoyé : 9 mars, 2004 20:03
>À : MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>Objet : New Server - Back to RH8
>
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>I have permission to spend a tiny amount on a server, i thought i would
>go for the Single P4 2.8/1.5GB ram and 1 x 36gb SCSI
>
>BUT, this machine (Compaq ML310) isnt Red Hat 9 compatible apparently,

I'd be surprised to know what is not compatible... no raid controller since you have only one disk.

Personnally, I don't install X on my servers, so it takes me about 15 minutes to install the OS on this kind of machine.  I think you could try rh9 and maybe fedora (RH9's end-of-support is April 30th).

>only Red Hat 8. Is there any big issues i should worry about going back
>to RH8? I believe RH8 and RH9 are only largely GUI changes, 
>which i wont
>be using?
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>Should i forget this machine and go for something else? 

Hard to tell.  I think most of Dell's servers are RH compatible.  Just configure one on their website and see if you can select RH as an OS.

>I have to order
>it today, i nagged so much for a new machine thinking they never would,
>they said yes,m get on with it, when you gonna have it ready. :)
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