[GRLUG] Freebies & Server OS question

[Greg Folkert]

On Thu, 2008-07-31 at 12:30 -0400, Rich Nagel wrote:
> First off, to those that I responded to with freebie switches - I
> still have 'em, and want to get them to you.  But my truck's brakes
> decided to go out this past Monday, so I've been bumming rides from
> friends.  Hope to get it back for the weekend, and will contact
> you. :)
>  
> Second, I have a Dell 6400 PowerEdge server with (4) P3 Xeon 700
> processors & 8 Gig of ram.  I'd like to get a Linux OS on it that will
> be able to take advantage of all the processors and address all the
> ram.  Bear in mind, that I'm still somewhat new to Linux.  Any
> suggestions?  I've been reading over "CentOS" - www.centos.org  but
> haven't decided whether to download yet or not.
>  
> Thanks in advance,
> Rich

Are you looking at 64-bit or 32-bit?

32-bit, you'll need to install the large memory kernel 

	In Ubuntu its the "server" kernel.

	In Debian its the "bigmem" kernel.

I am unsure of RPM based ones... but RedHat used to have "bigiron" or
"ent" kernels.


If the processors are 64-bit capable (I don't know/remember about
Pentium IIIs), a 64-bit Linux should just see it.

Since this is a "server" I am assuming you won't need things like flash
and java browser plugin and adobe-reader etc... I'd just install the
64-bit  version of you chosen Distro (provided the processors are 64-bit
capable)


Naughty Brakes!

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