Re: PowerEdge 700 SATA anyone?
On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 12:48:49PM -0700, Richard Weil wrote:
> I have a Dell PowerEdge 600SC which is SATA. I got it at the beginning
> of the year. I run Sarge on it no problems w/ the 2.6.7 kernel.
>
> It comes with some crap on the drive. I did a fresh install, wiping the
> drive clean in the process and I've had no problems. I just installed
> Sarge on another system and the rc installer is great (netinst cd
> image). Enter "expert" at the boot prompt in the install and you'll be
> able to install the 2.6.7 kernel right from the start.
I would leave the "crap" on the drive, it's just about 30MB worth of
DOS utilities and some windowzy gunk for the Dell reps to use if you
even have a problem with the hardware. Generally they'll insist on
running this stuff before sending out any replacements.
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