Ahmed, I didn't see you at the LugIP meeting. Were you there and we missed each other?
I prefer Redhat. Redhat is really moving forward in the business world. They seem to cover all the bases and get better with every new release. Chances are that the appropriate drivers will be loaded automatically when you do the install. Redhat has been doing better and better with that. They have a utility that senses new hardware at boot time and automatically configures for it. (It's an open source program called kudzu). In the event you have a hardware device that redhat (or kudzu) doesn't recognize, that's when you need to get drivers from the web. I wouldn't go through the trouble of downloading the drivers until you find out. Most everything should be working right after the install. During the install you have an opportunity to partition and format the hard drive. The install uses a utility called Disk.Druid to partition and format. Or you can leave the drive as is. It's fully flexible and you can partition the hard drive how ever you like, leave it the way it is or I think it will do it automatically if you tell it to. What kind of internet access do you have? Dial up or broadband? Setting up the network configuration can be done after the install is finished. If network cards are already in the machine the installation process (a utility called anaconda) will load drivers and make them work. The installer may request IP and DNS settings or you can set them later. It's smoother than windows in this respect. Wayne --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Wayne, I will download all the drivers for the > computer since we don't have > the smartstart CD, and i'll be there early. I took > a look at SUSE but wasn't > sure of the difference between that and REDHAT 9 so > i just stuck with REDHAT 9. > Which distro would you prefer? And what is the > difference between the two? > > Thankz Again..... > Ahmed > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Quoting Wayne Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Ahmed > > > > No you do not need the smartstart CD. Although, > > depending on your hardware there may be compaq > drivers > > needed which could be on that CD. Drivers can also > be > > downloaded from the web. They may not be necessary > > unless there are some uncommon proprietary devices > in > > the PC's. > > > > Tonight's meeting is LUG/IP (Princeton Group) and > they > > have a presenter tonight so I don't know how much > time > > we can devote to Linux installs. But come early > and > > bring the computer and we'll see. > > > > HAMLUG (Hamilton group) may be a better place for > that > > sort of thing since people always bring hardware > to > > play with and they are used to spending > significant > > time on that. > > > > Have you settled on a specific distribution of > Linux > > that you want to install? There are dozens of > opinions > > on which is the right one. I'm a Redhat guy but > Debian > > may be better for beginners, workstations and > hobby > > work. Or SUSE or ... (this list is long). "By > Linux-9" > > you may mean Redhat-9. If you have the CD's for > that, > > bring them along. > > > > You might want to gather some opinions on what is > the > > best distro for YOU to go with and think about > them > > for a while. Although you can always change course > on > > that and install a second distro at a later time. > > (dual boot magic). > > > > Wayne > > > > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Thankz a million Wayne and J.D Abolins for the > > > overview on servers. I see that > > > i have ton's of research to do. I will save my > > > questions for todays meeting. > > > > > > At the moment i'm waiting on a smartstart CD > from > > > Compaq which should be coming > > > in a few dayz. Do i really need the smartstart > cd > > > to wipe the hard drive and > > > install linux 9? If not, i will bring it along > with > > > me tonight. > > > > > > Ahmed..... > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- > > > Quoting Wayne Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > Servers aren't necessarily different from > PC's. > > > There > > > > are some concepts to go over here. "Server" > can > > > refer > > > > to any machine that provides a "service", it > can > > > refer > > > > to a singular process (such as the httpd > server or > > > > file server running on any machine) or it can > > > refer to > > > > a singular machine. The term is often over > used > > > and > > > > underdefined. It can be a concept, a process > or an > > > > appliance (single box). I guess that's the > first > > > > lesson. :) > > > > > > > > Teaching what you need to know about servers? > > > Well, > > > > there's no end to what you can know about > servers. > > > > Servers serve services. That opens up a lot of > > > > territory. One machine can be a server for > some > > > things > > > > and a client for other things at the same > time. > > > > > > > > The focus on what to do with servers and how > to > > > manage > > > > them changes over time. Industrial servers > used to > > > be > > > > big expensive machines and it paid to hire > people > > > > (like myself) to monitor them, manage them and > > > tweak > > > > them for maximun efficiency (to save hardware > > > costs of > > > > hundreds of thousands of $). Now machines are > so > > > cheap > > > > it becomes more cost effective to buy a few > extra > > > > machines and lay off people like me because, > even > > > > though the machines are configured badly and > are > > > > inefficient it's always cheaper to add more > boxes > > > than > > > > manage and tweak the ones you have. > > > > > > > > And now there are clusters, so that poor > > > > configurations can propogate themselves with > great > > > > rapidity! > > > > > > > > I'm not really bitter, just amused. It's like > what > > > we > > > > use to have to do with assembler language in > tight > > > > spaces that people now do with visual basic > and no > > > > need to care about wasted resources. What's a > few > > > > extra megs of memory out of a half a gig of > ram > > > > (megabytes of ram didn't use to exist! ). > > > > > > > > So the whole idea of what a server is and what > it > > > does > > > > transforms over time. > > > > > > > > Now that I've complicated the issue and spread > it > > > > across decades, what is you'd like to know? > > > > > > > > Wayne > > > > > > > > > > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Hi Wayne, I subscribed to your user group > last > > > week. > > > > > I brought a couple > > > > > servers (Compaq Proliant 2500R and 6500R) > from > > > the > > > > > materials Exchange here in > > > > > Trenton. While i was there a gentlemen by > the > > > name > === message truncated === __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com
