On Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 10:38:19PM +0200, Justin Hartman wrote: > On 12/29/06, Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> wrote: > >what kernel version are they running? Etch is currently at some > >version of 2.6.18 and 2.6.19 was only just released. Now maybe sarge > >doesn't support that processor, but I can't imagine that CentOS RHES > >or Fedora are running a kernel much newer than etch's. That said, > >maybe there is not true support for that processor in 2.6.18 and the > >red hat folks have put together something that they haven't released, > >but I doubt it. Surely, they are referring to sarge when they say > >Debian won't install/run. > > The server is brand new out the box and is as bare as a baby's bottom. > Installing Etch would bring the kernel up to ver 2.6.18 I think and I > don't believe the support story. My guess is similar to yours, and I'm > awaiting for a response, that they are referring to Sarge and not > Etch. > > As Kevin said, the Debian community is as much a support as I'll need > and I personally don't need to fork out $$$ to have them do what I can > do just as well. :)
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