Fedora Users — Re: SuperMicro 5013

John Rowan wrote:

One of my customers was tired of the noise levels from the Proliant6400R in his office. He wanted something that would be quieter butalso faster. TigerDirect sent him an email saying the 3GHzSuperMicro 5013 1U was the device he longed for. He ordered the 3GHz1Gigabyte RAM dual 120 gigabyte SATA disk unit since the web site saidit worked with Linux. I tried installing Fedora Core 4 which saidit was successful but upon rebooting the machine it hung at a GRUBprompt for 30 seconds then rebooted. I reverted to RH 9.0 but itdoesn't have drivers for the SATA RAID controller. I also tried SuSEPro 9.1 but that also does not have drivers for this RAID controller.I've done 9 installs with FC4, RH9 or SuSE Pro 9.1 today allfailing. FC4 has drivers for the controller but after installation itfails to boot. RH9 and SuSE do not recognize the drivers I'vedownloaded from SuperMicro.com. Does anyone know where I can getdrivers for RH9 or SuSE, or why the machine hangs for 30 seconds afterreboot with a GRUB prompt on the screen?

Well, the lack of a workable RAID with Linux, problems with (primaryapplication) Pick reporting illegal activation after cold starting theserver and lack of redundant hot swap power supplies has the SuperMicro/ Visionman back in the box waiting for an RMA. I think it wasdesigned more as a Windows machine and as an afterthought claimed to runLinux.Anyone have a suggestion for a quiet, cool running machine, hot swaphard power supplies and hard drives with hardware RAID (preferablycompatible with RH9 as primary app will not be supported under anyrelease of Fedora Core)? The budget allows for only $1,400 US.