On Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 03:05:07PM -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 09:17:47PM +0200, Justin Hartman wrote: > > Quick question. > > > > I'm trying to setup a new server and am looking at hardware > > configurations for the server. I've been told by the sales person that > > Debian can not be installed on an Intel Woodcrest Xeon processor. > > > > The original quote from them is as follows, "We can not do Debian or > > FreeBSD on these servers however as the latest versions of those OS do > > not support this hardware yet. We can do CentOS, RHES or Fedora." 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. .02 A > > > > Is this correct? > > -- > > Regards > Hi Justin Hartman, > AFAICT hardware support is provided by the kernel and its modules. > Unless thoese OS's have proprietary, or super-secret code, it sounds > like nonsense. There are 2 meaning for 'support': Some companies > 'support' certain OS's meaning that you can pay money and get technical > support,the other meaning is that the computer can run the OS. > cheers, > Kev > -- > | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | > | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | > | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | > | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | > | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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