> They *finally* (years after competitors) come up with a 1u server with 4x
> 3.5" drives and they stick a NIC in the box that works with pretty much
> nothing.
>
> Completely disappointed.
#1 I thought it'd be confirmed that it works with RHEL 5.3? If Redhat can
keep up, why not Ubuntu?
#2 Do the drivers from more recent kernels build on 8.04? As long as the NIC
works, I'm sure you can write off the DVD in a server.
#3 Does the world end if you run a more recent kernel with 8.04 until Ubuntu
get their finger out?
jh
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The point being that pretty much everything works on the R710 right out of the
box, except for Debian which you have to import the non-free firmware into the
initrd. We are a mass production shop here, we install all of our OS over the
network, if the NIC doesn't work, the box is useless to us. There was no reason
to make the BCM5716 the standard NIC on the R410, they could have just let
people upgrade if they needed the iSCSI support.
-Drew
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