I'm almost fucking there!

[Leech]

void main,

Thanks man, how did you kow that was the chip I was looking for.

Your server sounds a little bigger than mine, The proSignia 200 is only for small to medium busoiness, I installed a new Dell server at a customer for terminal sessions. He had this server lying around, and it had UNIX on it, so I asked him what he was going to do with it and he was going to throw it away. So, as I always like new gadgets, I took it off his hands in return for

[voidmain]

Yeah, I think it's a little bigger. Believe it or not I bought it from a client I work for for $100. It's been doing heavy duty work for almost 2 years now.  

That client used to run all Compaq. They have since switched to all Dell.  I have a lot of Dell experience from my previous employer as well plus my personal side business owns a few Dell PowerEdge servers. I've been putting in a lot of the rackmounts at several clients and my side business uses Dell rack mount PowerEdge servers for our network monitoring configurations. RedHat and Dell go together like white on rice. I've been running RedHat on PowerEdge for about 5 years and have never had a single problem, EVER. I can't say the same for NT and 2K on PowerEdge.

But as I mentioned, that Compaq SCSI controller was a little tricky but once you figure out the right LILO parameter to get the install going it's a piece of cake, and it has also been rock solid. I do run Linux on a lot of Compaq desktop machines without any trouble (no funky SCSI controller).

[Leech]

The Dell server I installed was also a poweredge, strange. It's almost as if we are leading the same life on differant sides of the atlantic.

The last company I worked for had a lot of call for Rackmount servers but they were custom built.

The clients we have at this company are too tight assed to purchase a rackmounted server, so haven't touched one for over a year.

I'll let you know what happens with the SCSI issue. I hope it runssmooth, I got all my books and stuff, so fingers crossed it'll be cool.

Cheers man,

LeeeeeeeeeeeeeecH!

[Master of Reality]

you could compile your own kernel and make sure you compile whatver scsi support you need into it.

My server that hosts The Bob Hub, a proxy, and an FTP server (sometimes). Is a 166MHz (Pentium MMX?) with 32MB of RAM (upgraded from 16 so i could put on RedHat). It is running redhat 7.3.

I havent tried BYO linux, but i have attempted LFS twice and failed. I am gonna try it again on my slackware machine.

Hey void main, i thought you were running RedHat 6.2 or somethin'?

[voidmain]

In his case he doesn't have to compile the kernel as the support should already be there. The problem is it just doesn't properly detect the controller and requires some boot params passed to the contoller kernel module. Besides, it's usually easier to compile the kernel if you have a running system but in this case the system is not installed.     You are right though, if you did have some hardware that wasn't supported by the install kernel you could create your own kernel with the support for that hardware on a different machine, then create your own install disk using that kernel.

Now his version of SuSe may be too old to work but I know the RedHat 6.x series had support, just had to pass some boot parameters. The newer kernels may detect it properly and not require the boot parameters but I'm not driving 300 miles to find out, and I don't want to lose my uptime record.  

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[Leech]

hmpffff,

What is this BOB business ...... howcome everyone is called BOB ..

Anyway, let me se how I do with the Compaq information when I get home tonight.

Do you guys know where I can download a copy of Red Hat Linux, that doesn't fall over (server that is) I would prefer red hat over SuSE.

for now,


LeeeeeeeeecH!

[psyjax]

All is BOB!

You must revel in your BOBness.

I am Bob!!! I cry to the heavens, I am BOB!!!!

[Master of Reality]

ahhh yes, Bob. Well.... we are called Bob becauase we are members of The Cult of Bob. www.bobhub.tk
What is the cult of bob?:

 

quote:
Welcome brothers and sisters, to the cult of Bob. You will no doubt be wondering what the cult of Bob is all about - it's the latest effort on creating world unity. Past utopias have failed due to idealistic plans that look great on paper, but in real life are always corrupted by money, conflicting views, baaad people or bad management.

Why is this? It's because people think too much and have different views on what a utopia should be. The answer to this? We need to stop thinking! Thinking is BLOODY DANGEROUS and will only lead to wars, famine, and back stabbing murdering types. It's well known that people who think too much can turn into goths, schizophrenics or manic depressives, it's a harsh fact that the world is evil, humanity is all wrong and needs to be destroyed, the government are out to get us and we're all getting diseases from genetically mutated food and mad cows. This is where the Cult of Bob comes in. We need to stop thinking in order to survive and be happy! To create a perfect unity in this cruel world we must lose our minds, and become perfectly harmonised zombies, incapable of emotion or rational thought! Don't you agree?

What do the cult of Bob do?
The answer to that is not very much. The best plans are always the simple ones, and that is why the cult of Bob is so perfect. As a member of the cult of Bob your role is simple:

    * You will, at all convenient opportunities chant the words "We are all bob" many times, in a zombified manner.

    * You will attempt to convert many other people into chanting with you. First they will think it's funny, then they will get addicted to it. Then you should direct them to this page, where they will become a member of the Bob cult.

    * You will worship the Bob god, who goes under the name of Bob. Bob is a female, but that does not matter, as the cult of Bob is not gender specific. All races, genders, and animals may join with us, to create an army of Bobs, united in our cause of descriminating against NO-ONE, except non-bobs. They must be converted, or destroyed.

    * You should, in time, lose as many braincells as possible. Drinking in excess, going to heavy metal clubs, or banging your head against the wall is a good way of achieving this. The cult of Bob should ideally be very stupid, and unified in their mission of chanting "we are all Bob".

    * You will sacrifice food to the bob god. The Bob god likes cheese, spam, salami and alcohol. Eating hamsters is a good way of worshipping your god, see here for a good introduction to hamster eating.

    * You should be happy and friendly to your fellow Bob clan. The cult of Bob will be unified in our mission, and any one with a bad word to say about another Bob will be tortured and slowly garrotted. No-one is to discriminate against another bob, no matter their colour, race, sexuality, features, or dubious smell. We WILL have utopia, by any means necessary.

* The cult of Bob is a spiritual cult, not a material one, e.g. we have no money. Due to this reason, we cannot provide members with t-shirts or keyrings either, sorry about that.

So that is what your role as a bob will entail. It's effortless, fun, you're destined to be happy. Are you interested in joining us?

so basically we drink, listen to lots of music, spread Bob. You can sign up for the cult of bob at www.bobhub.tk and get your name in the hall of Bobs. There is also a messageBoard for the Bobs, and you cant get your very own email @cultofbob.zzn.com

[arage]

quote:Originally posted by Leech:
hmpffff,

Do you guys know where I can download a copy of Red Hat Linux, that doesn't fall over (server that is) I would prefer red hat over SuSE.

www.mirror.ac.uk is great for getting linux distro's, its where i got Redhat 7.3 from. Also has great download speeds (based at lancaster uni I think)

[Leech]

Thanks dude, I am downloading 7.3 as we speak. It seems to be stable so far, fingers crossed.

As for this BOB business, I will have to have a peek at what it's all about.

For Now,

LeeeeeeeeecH!

[Leech]

Okie now I am BOB, so what do I do with me name?

Leech/BOB ?

I need guidence in the art of BOB!

For now,

LeeeeeeeecH!

[Master of Reality]

you can change your display name in "My Profile" and then click "edit/view my profile"". Most of us put name / Bob.

Welcome to bliss Bob. You shall find the path to eternal peace. There is a messageboard at The Bob Hub if you have any questions or comments

[Leech]

Thanks Bob,

I feel better already, did you have a look at me in the hall of Bobs?

Judging by the other entries, I might have gone a bit overboard.

Ahhhhhhh well, what the fuck, you're only a Bob once..

For Now,

LeeeeeeeeeeeecH! /Bob

[KernelPanic]

wow! you cant get an email at cultofbob.zzn.net sweet. I wont get one of them then!

[Master of Reality]

you wont get one, tux/bob???
why not?