Will Compaq (HP) Proliant 6500 erver work with Linux 9?

[DanG]

Ere is something that may help you a little more,

If by saying Linux 9.0 you are referring to Red Hat 9 then you can check RED
Hat's hardware compatibility list by manufacturer & model to see what is
supported and what devices may not be on that specific box. Here is the url
for Red Hat HCL http://hardware.redhat.com/hcl/ . One other thing to note if
we are talking about Red Hat version ( is now EOL (end of life) so there is
no longer rpm updates available from Red Hat for support. You may use third
party or community rpms however you are basically on your own unless you
want to buy support from Progeny for that. Google is also your friend if you
are using a different distro, also check with that distro's wiki or mailing
lists or IRC channels for others using the same hardware to get additional
info.

Good luck

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Sorensen
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 10:39 AM
To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Will Compaq (HP) Proliant 6500 erver work with Linux 9?

On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 05:21:57AM -0500, James Mendez wrote:
>  Will Linux 9.0 work with Compaq Prolinar Server 6500.
> If so, Are there drivers available

There is no such thing as "Linux 9.0" or at least anyone naming a
product that would be incredibly stupid.

Also, go check what hardware is in a Compaq Prolinea 6500, and then ask
if that hardware is supported.  Or better yet, do a google search on
linux and that model and see what experience other people have had with
it.  Compaq's have been notorious for requiring explicit memory maps
passed on the kernel boot command line for all the memory to be
detected.  It seems they just haven't ever managed to make a bios that
worked by the standards.

Lennart Sorensen
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