RE: RHEL 2.1 compatability question.

From: McDougall, Marshall (FSH) (MarMcDouga_at_gov.mb.ca)
Date: 11/09/04

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Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 12:59:52 -0600

    I have 2550's and 2650's running a mix of 7.3, 2.1 and 3.0. They have all
    been installed from ISO's that I downloaded from RH. I have no problems
    whatsoever. Dell does not support my software, and I don't want them to,
    but if the hardware breaks they come and fix it.

    Regards, Marshall

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Margaret Doll [mailto:Margaret_Doll@brown.edu]
    Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 12:38 PM
    To: ste@smxy.org; General Red Hat Linux discussion list
    Subject: Re: RHEL 2.1 compatability question.

    I had a computer that came from Dell with RHEL 3 on it. Unfortunately
    the
    software that we needed to run for experiments only worked on RHEL 2.
    I had to downgrade. Neither Dell or RedHat would support the downgraded
    system.

    On Tuesday, November 9, 2004, at 10:35 AM, Shaun T. Erickson wrote:

    > Ed Wilts wrote:
    >
    >> On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 09:43:41AM -0500, Shaun T. Erickson wrote:
    >>
    >>> This system is going to be my primary computing environment server,
    >>> and no one will log into it. It won't run anything esoteric. I
    >>> should think that I could at least download and compile my own
    >>> versions of things, to provide services such as dhcp, dns, samba
    >>> shares, mail, etc., yes?
    >>
    >> For all this, you can do the job with RHEL 2.1. However, if you can
    >> get
    >> a good solid install of RHEL3 done, you'll be set for 5 years with
    >> continuing support.
    >>
    > That would be quite nice. Another poster mentions this link:
    >
    > http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/21features
    >
    > where I read:
    >
    > "[C]ustomers who purchase Red Hat Enterprise Linux may download either
    > version 2.1 and/or version 3, depending on their requirements. Note
    > that all Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscriptions include the right to
    > upgrade to new versions at no additional cost."
    >
    > So, the only impediment to my upgrading seems to be 1) whether or not
    > Dell will have a hissy fit, and 2) if there are any hardware
    > compatibility issues.
    >
    >> Another poster said you couldn't install RHEL 3 on your hardware. I'm
    >> not familiar with your hardware, but I'd be surprised if you couldn't
    >> make it work in a supported manner. Dell has been pretty good with
    >> their Linux support and one of their techies posts here regularly.
    > I guess that's the burning question, then.
    >
    > -ste
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