I can see that you'd rather it worked like that, but then I think it's a flawed argument that basically precludes Dell from using any new hardware, or at the very least constrains them to identical chipsets across a generation.
I've had the same situation with CentOS and I also do solely network installs. I just upgraded the kernel for the installer, and you're sorted. The hardware was released after RHEL 5.3 was, and that's the OS Dell support isn't it? The support's in the mainline kernel right? If I'm wrong, and that version of Ubuntu is supported by Dell, then it's clearly outrageous. ---- Yes, having a very minimal set of "supported" operating systems is a nice way of making sure you can do whatever you like, many companies don't have that luxury. The R410 is essentially a 1U version of the R710, I don't understand why they would not make them inter-changeable from the baseline hardware. I understand switching hardware in between product cycles, but within the same product cycles different form factors having different baseline hardware just seems crazy to me. Also, if I am not mistaken the 5716 is just a software upgraded version of the 5709 (or 8), why not make it so if you disable the iSCSI support in the BIOS that it becomes a 5709 and has the correct PCI-IDs? This seems trivial, and a way to solve this issue. Also, I assume the 5716 just adds cost to the bottom line of the server, why not use the BCM5709 and save everyone money, then if people want the iSCSI support they can either add it? Or they could at least make the R410 available with the other NIC. Thanks, -Drew _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
