RE: Dell & Linux: any problems ?

["Doughty, Matt" <DoughtyM@example.com>]

The systems most likely to be an issue are the following:
1. video(if you need X)
2. NIC(beware of the 3c905c onboard)
3. IDE Raid.

just about everything else should be covered, but you need to check out the details of those parts. I have had alot of difficulty with this box and Debian, but RH 7.0 installed painlessly.  I'm still going to get it to work with Debian though. :)

Matt Doughty BOT BSC Japan

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Carter [mailto:carter@example.com]
Sent: 2001”N1??29“u 9:31
To: tlug@example.com
Subject: Re: Dell & Linux: any problems ?


I haven't used one yet, but what I've heard is that the servers which are
advertised with Linux work very well with the included Linux..

My limited experience with other companies offering "Linux compatible" is
that the models that don't ship with Linux may have subsystems that are not
supported, and that the ones that do come with Linux may need special
drivers for the subsystems.

Steve Carter

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Engel" <michael-engel@example.com>
To: "TLUG" <tlug@example.com>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 8:41 AM
Subject: Dell & Linux: any problems ?


> Good morning,
>
> I hope you survived last weekend's snow chaos (first time in 7 years here
in
> Chiba that there was so much snow).
>
> Does anybody use a Dell computer with Linux OS ?
> http://www.dell.com/jp/jpn/dhs/products/spec_dimen_900_desktops.htm
>
> Best regards
> Michael
>
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