> I got a gig to help set up a new website from the ground up. Redhat Linux
> release 5.1 for Intel has come highly recommended, so I'm wanted to look at
> using it on an IBM server in the series we've been purchasing. We have a
> Netfinity box that's sitting idle for a few weeks, so I've got a bit of time
> to try Red Hat out on the hardware. The details are as follows
Try to get 5.0, not 5.1. 5.1 has some "problems" with the installs...
And the patch files were, last time I heard, not compatible with
themselves.
There is also Turbo Linux, and SuSE Linux... and for the braver,
Debian. I don't like SuSE, because the ubercontroller setup program is a
dictator that does not respect your hand tinkerings with the
conflaguration files... resulting in a kind of crash and burn syndrome.
> IBM Netfinity 5500 Server
> - dual 350MHz, Pentium II processors
> - 256MB ram
RH will only support 64, unless you specify the higher value in LILO
setup. Won't hurt... just won't be used.
> - builtin - floppy, IDE cdrom, 1MB S3 video adapter
> - builtin IBM ServerRAID II controller
May not be supported yet... Don't know.
> - 6 4.5 GB disks in a RAID config
> - Builtin 10/100 NIC
5.0 Tulip (DEC) drivers may give some problems with some cards. Large
file transfers on my system cause the machine to throw color characters
all over the screen and crash. I hardly ever see Linux crash, but this
will certainly do it.
> The Redhat 5.1 release does not recognize the builtin IBM ServerRAID II
> controller. We tried a few of the Adaptec choices to no luck ... any suggestions?
Not surprising. Joint some support group, like our [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Is this too much hardware to run Linux on? The other OS that my sys admin
> knows well is SCO UNIX, which is probably what we'll use if the Linux doesn't
> pan out.
Well... Linux performance is more limited by ram size and disk drive
speed. They say that a 50mhz 486 gives equivalent performance to a 150 -
200 mhz pentium running NT. My own experiences suggest it may be close to
the truth.
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