On Sun, 2005-08-21 at 20:23 -0400, John Rowan wrote: > John Rowan wrote: > > > One of my customers was tired of the noise levels from the Proliant > > 6400R in his office. He wanted something that would be quieter but > > also faster. TigerDirect sent him an email saying the 3GHz > > SuperMicro 5013 1U was the device he longed for. He ordered the 3GHz > > 1Gigabyte RAM dual 120 gigabyte SATA disk unit since the web site said > > it worked with Linux. I tried installing Fedora Core 4 which said > > it was successful but upon rebooting the machine it hung at a GRUB > > prompt for 30 seconds then rebooted. I reverted to RH 9.0 but it > > doesn't have drivers for the SATA RAID controller. I also tried SuSE > > Pro 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 all > > failing. FC4 has drivers for the controller but after installation it > > fails to boot. RH9 and SuSE do not recognize the drivers I've > > downloaded from SuperMicro.com. Does anyone know where I can get > > drivers for RH9 or SuSE, or why the machine hangs for 30 seconds after > > reboot with a GRUB prompt on the screen? > > > > > Well, the lack of a workable RAID with Linux, problems with (primary > application) Pick reporting illegal activation after cold starting the > server and lack of redundant hot swap power supplies has the SuperMicro > / Visionman back in the box waiting for an RMA. I think it was > designed more as a Windows machine and as an afterthought claimed to run > Linux. > > Anyone have a suggestion for a quiet, cool running machine, hot swap > hard power supplies and hard drives with hardware RAID (preferably > compatible with RH9 as primary app will not be supported under any > release of Fedora Core)? The budget allows for only $1,400 US. ---- Just a suggestion - you can probably pick up some used Dell PowerEdge 4300/4400 with those features AND have RH 9 compatibility. The newer hardware will not ever be certified with such an old distribution. You might look around - try ebay, etc. Craig
