Good morning!
I'm about to buy 6 boxes with the Tyan Tomcat i7221A mainboard in it. The
client wants to run Debian. Now .. I don't know a lot about the hardware
support in Debian. Can someone advise me on this? Will this box install
with
the latest stable install CD?
The full specs can be found here:
http://www.tyan.com/products/html/tomcati7221a_spec.html
The short answer is probably all the basics will be fine (compatibility of
processor, IDEs, SATAs - maybe, LANs, video).
Long answer is that sooner or later, depending on the apps the clients want
installed, something might not work "perfectly" and you might have to cobble
together a work around.
Simplest solution that crosses my mind would be to test drive one of the
boxes with a Knoppix, Ubuntu or other LiveCD first (ideally a distro with
the apps that most closely match your client's needs). In a perfect world,
your vendor would be more than happy to make your purchase of these boxes
conditional on getting these LiveCDs to run okay.
Rob
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