<quote who="Damien Gardner Jnr">
> I'm wondering if any of you are running debian (or one of the other
> non-redhat-fuzzy-warm-feeling-rpm-based distro's) on HP/compaq/dell
> hardware? And if so, what the install was like?
Have used Dell servers and HP clients quite a bit. Debian is generally a
cinch on server hardware, but sometimes a pain on client hardware as the
stable distro may be a bit behind the times on hardware support (you can get
some interesting variations in name-brand hardware, as they tend to have
components made in bulk specifically for them).
> I'm certainly up for dropping a custom-compiled kernel onto the install CD
> to let us install onto RAID, but the client doesn't want to go to the
> hassle.
No need for custom kernel builds (unless you're after very specific patches
or minimal kernels) Debian standard kernels support software RAID and many
hardware RAID adapters.
- Jeff
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