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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=todd@phyberoptiks.net href="mailto:todd@phyberoptiks.net">Todd
Wirth</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=nflug@nflug.org
href="mailto:nflug@nflug.org">nflug@nflug.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 22, 2002 5:55
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Alpha, additional notes and
a question...</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=995224921-22052002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>On
the subject of RedHat kernel having default support for a every SCSI adapter I
disagree. We have a Dell server running RedHat 7.2, although I wasn't involved
in the upgrade to a newer kernel (Dell provided), I know what happened through
various emails between Dell and our other IT guy. They tried 2 stock
RedHat kernels that did not work with our SCSI adapter, until finally the 3rd
one did the trick. I was about to take over the project and just compile a
kernel, but that would have voided our support w/ Dell &
RedHat.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=995224921-22052002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=995224921-22052002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I'm
not too sure about the hardware as this server (besides a Xeon) is in a
remote office, but I did see the email traffic, and you could tell the
Dell guys were stumped. ;)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=995224921-22052002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>--
Todd</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=995224921-22052002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=995224921-22052002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
can understand your opinion and your right, but in this case we are at odds
with an Alpha a whole different kettle of fish. Alpha's are a lot more
complicated then an intel box. We meaning Joseph and I who own DEC
Alphas may or may not have one heck of a time getting these boxes to kick
over. I sent everyone the info as attachments zipped, I know it a lot of
reading but the info I sent took nearly a year to obtain. I'm still looking
for more info on what is still not described in detail or even talked about
because most people involved (experts) fail to cover the mundane like how to
set up the harddrives for every situation. Especially how the harddrives are
to be labeled (setup) so on and so forth. I'm putting some notes together to
describe the steps it took to get the hardware set up for an
install. Well one day I may list all the info on a web site that can help
people understand the details that are not always conveyed.
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<DIV><SPAN class=995224921-22052002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Ron:)</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>