Water water everywhere, but not a drop to drink..

[Philip J. Koenig]

OK, I've been on the list awhile without reading/posting much - re-hi 
to everyone.

I've been doing a lot of BSD lately but for various reasons due to 
hardware/software restrictions I need to build a new Linux box to 
test out an email product I'm thinking about deploying.

Problem is Compaq, in their infinite wisdom, only support a little 
subset of Linux distros. (hardware in question is a DL380-G2)

I'm forced to stick with their supported distros because this 
particular server requires a proprietary "health" driver to slow its 
cooling fans down that Compaq only supplies pre-compiled binaries 
for. (grrr)

The only "modern" Linux distros they support cost $$$, which is 
pretty ironic because it puts me back into the same monetary category 
as if I went and stuck Windows server on it. (triple-GRRR)

(those distros include UnitedLinux 1.0, SuSe Enterprise and RedHat 
Enterprise)

They also have this proprietary driver for RedHat 8.0, which of 
course I can't find on Redhat's ftp server and neither does 
LinuxISO.org have them.  If anyone can point me to a source for 
RedHat 8.0 ISOs, or have another suggestion, I would greatly 
appreciate it.  I find it highly ironic that it looks like it would 
be cheaper to use Solaris than Linux.. sigh.

Below is a summary of newer Linux distros that Compaq supports:


Caldera OL Server 3.1.1 (the hell if I install another SCO product,  
it's probably too old anyway, and they stopped selling Linux)

SuSe Enterprise (costs as much as Windows Server, not downloadable)

SuSe 7.2 Professional (can't find ISO's, and too old)

SuSe 7.0 (can't find ISO's, and too old)

RedHat Enterprise (costs as much as Windows Server, not downloadable. 
They seem to have some cheaper versions, but they're still minimum 
$200)



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Philip J. Koenig                                       
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