Linux on intel xserve

[Milo Velimirovic]

The link explains it all...

<http://www.transbuddha.com/mediaHolder.php?id=174>

:)
Milo

On Oct 31, 2007, at 5:31 PM, Jason Joines wrote:

> Brett Dikeman wrote:
>> On 10/31/07, Jason Joines <joines at okstate.edu> wrote:
>>>     Any ideas?
>> Google "ubuntu xserve intel"?
>> http://64.233.169.104/search? 
>> q=cache:id4rpzDLrFgJ:bioinformatics.org/pipermail/bioclusters/2007- 
>> August/003215.html+ubuntu+xserve 
>> +intel&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=11&gl=us&client=firefox-a
>> (Link to the cache because apparently the page is not publicly
>> accessible anymore.)
>> If you don't mind my asking, what is your intended use for these
>> systems? (or, perhaps, what *was*, given the above link?)   Even if
>> you got it to boot, you'd be running a pretty non-standard
>> configuration.
>> The choice of Ubuntu for a server application is perhaps not
>> completely well advised (and yes, I have personal experience using
>> Ubuntu as a server, along with Gentoo, Debian, and all manner of
>> Redhat/CentOS.)
>> Brett
>
>
>
>     I've seen that post before.  I'm not necessarily married to  
> Ubuntu.  Any Linux that would install on the intel xserve would be  
> fine with me.
>
>     The intended purpose is a very low utilization file server.   
> I've been using various linux distros for servers for about 10  
> years.  I thought I might like os x but I really don't and just  
> want to get rid of it.  However, since the hardware is already here  
> I hate to see it go to waste.
>     There is enough pc hardware setting around to do the job but  
> there are several xserve raid boxes involved and I haven't yet  
> explored whether or not I can use the fiber channel cards from the  
> xserve boxes in pc servers.
>
>
> Jason
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