[ILUG] Linux on DELL Machies

[Rafiq_Maniar at Dell.com]

I have a GX270 beside me running Fedora Core 1 with no problems. Note that if you select a SATA HDD, only the latest linux distributions will have support for SATA drives. Redhat 9 does not, Fedora C1 & C2-test1 both do. I don't know about other distributions. 

Hope this helps.



-----Original Message-----
From: Peter McEvoy [mailto:pete at yerma.org]
Sent: 07 April 2004 14:46
To: ilug at linux.ie
Subject: Re: [ILUG] Linux on DELL Machies


On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 02:41:09PM +0100, John P. Looney wrote:
>  Is serial ATA a problem ? I've installed linux boxes without problem on
> SATA boards...Paul Kelly's desktop has been running SATA for months now.

It's only a problem if your distros installer kernel doesnt have support
for it. This is a great installer for debian:

http://oregonstate.edu/~kveton/debian/

Also a nice little how to on making your own debian install cds

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