I have 2550's and 2650's running a mix of 7.3, 2.1 and 3.0. They have all been installed from ISO's that I downloaded from RH. I have no problems whatsoever. Dell does not support my software, and I don't want them to, but if the hardware breaks they come and fix it. Regards, Marshall -----Original Message----- From: Margaret Doll [mailto:Margaret_Doll@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 12:38 PM To: ste@xxxxxxxx; General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: RHEL 2.1 compatability question. I had a computer that came from Dell with RHEL 3 on it. Unfortunately the software that we needed to run for experiments only worked on RHEL 2. I had to downgrade. Neither Dell or RedHat would support the downgraded system. On Tuesday, November 9, 2004, at 10:35 AM, Shaun T. Erickson wrote: > Ed Wilts wrote: > >> On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 09:43:41AM -0500, Shaun T. Erickson wrote: >> >>> This system is going to be my primary computing environment server, >>> and no one will log into it. It won't run anything esoteric. I >>> should think that I could at least download and compile my own >>> versions of things, to provide services such as dhcp, dns, samba >>> shares, mail, etc., yes? >> >> For all this, you can do the job with RHEL 2.1. However, if you can >> get >> a good solid install of RHEL3 done, you'll be set for 5 years with >> continuing support. >> > That would be quite nice. Another poster mentions this link: > > http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/21features > > where I read: > > "[C]ustomers who purchase Red Hat Enterprise Linux may download either > version 2.1 and/or version 3, depending on their requirements. Note > that all Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscriptions include the right to > upgrade to new versions at no additional cost." > > So, the only impediment to my upgrading seems to be 1) whether or not > Dell will have a hissy fit, and 2) if there are any hardware > compatibility issues. > >> Another poster said you couldn't install RHEL 3 on your hardware. I'm >> not familiar with your hardware, but I'd be surprised if you couldn't >> make it work in a supported manner. Dell has been pretty good with >> their Linux support and one of their techies posts here regularly. > I guess that's the burning question, then. > > -ste > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
