On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 06:31:59AM -0800, SM wrote:
> I just ordered some new servers at The Planet (formally EV1) ... and
> asked about having Debian installed on my servers. They are saying
> that Debian is unsupported due to the following reason:
>
> "The latest release of Debian is out of date and doesn't work well
> with newer servers."
that is probably a true statement with the latest stable release,
sarge, being about two years old.
>
> Being new to Debian I have no clue ... but I'm wondering if anyone
> knows of an innate incompatability between Debian a server with the
> following description:
>
> 1 Dell \ Dual socket dempsy/woodcrest/cloverton \ PowerEdge
> 1900/2900
> 2 Intel \ 2.0 GHz 1333FSB - Woodcrest \ Xeon 5130 (Dual Core)
> 1 Unknown \ Onboard \ SATA
^^^^^
probably this is the issue |||||
sarge doesn't have good SATA support. However, the *next* release, etch, is
due out any time now (april maybe?) and it *does* have good SATA
support. Also, etch is now pretty stable and is really close to ready
-- maybe they would install etch for you?
> 2 Western Digital \ 250GB:SATA2:7200RPM \ WD2500JS
>
> If I attempt to install Debian myself will I have trouble with this
> setup? Their server "Welcome" email indicated that ...
I don't think so. What are the rest of the specs? (chipsets, MOBO
etc). YOu could check compatibility at
http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/index.cgi provided the vendor is willing to
give you the lspci output.
the rest (IPMI), I've not a clue about. ymmv.
A
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