> Hi All.. > > A client is looking at buying a Dell server with Adaptec hardware RAID5 on > board, on which I'm planning to install Mandrake 8.2. Just looking for a > heads up on this - any caveats or warnings or whatever? (I seem to recall > an issue with another distro's kernel modules on a similar configuration > but have lost the details) >
Last I heard was Dell would not support you if you installed Linux on certain hardware. ie: they would not replace faulty harddrives, raid cards, etc. I am not really sure if that is the case now. Never trust sales men, see if you can talk to their support team and ask if you install Linux on the box if they will support you, if you experience hardware failure. ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
