Re: [luau] RAID Card recommendation

2003-07-31 Thread MonMotha
3Ware makes high end IDE RAID controllers that behave like a SCSI controller to the system. For only two SCSI drives I would buy any cheap low-end SCSI controller supported by Linux open source kernel modules. Unfortunately I have little experience in that arena. Warren The Symbios based ones

Re: [luau] Mid range board with console out

2003-07-31 Thread Brian Chee
hmmmlemme check with the MPC folks...I didn't see anything about NEEDING two serial portsjust the single RJ-45I'll do some checking and report back to the list. Intel is also implementing console over IP/Ethernet as a standard...not sure if anyone has decided to implement other than Int

Re: [luau] Mid range board with console out

2003-07-31 Thread Vince Hoang
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 09:49:30AM -1000, Brian Chee wrote: > There is a new "standard" out now on intel boards that is a move in the > right direction. Basically it's a nearly true serial console (I need to see > if there is an equivelent of a stop-A like on a sparc) that is presented on > an RJ-4

Re: [luau] Mid range board with console out

2003-07-31 Thread Brian Chee
There is a new "standard" out now on intel boards that is a move in the right direction. Basically it's a nearly true serial console (I need to see if there is an equivelent of a stop-A like on a sparc) that is presented on an RJ-45. There is a jumper on the motherboard that changes the config to o

Re: [luau] Getting a Windows Refund in California Small Claims Court

2003-07-31 Thread Ken Mayer
Even better, if you're a resident of California, Microsoft just (18 July) agreed to a $1.1 billion settlement in a class action suit. A friend works for the plaintiffs' lead counsel. See the Townsend web site at http://www.townsend.com/media/microsoft.html . They also have a web site up for process

Re: [luau] Mid range board with console out

2003-07-31 Thread elua luaumailinglist
Hi Matt, I've done this once, on my webserver. You'll miss all the booting information & such (i.e., BIOS, etc.), and if the machine should hang during the boot process (i.e., kernel panic, etc.), you'll have a hung machine with no display. But, you can always review dmesg to see how the boot we