Linux on intel xserve

[Jason Joines]

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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