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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>It might be best to relax and enjoy the “Dell
experience” from the “server assistant” CD. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>It’s far easier than figuring out
all the driver issues by hand. I wouldn’t be surprised if Dell didn’t
publish it’s drivers or published down-rev ones which would be bad.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>On the up side, I’ve not had
problems with RHEL on 1850s after using “server assistant”. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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redhat-install-list-bounces@redhat.com
[mailto:redhat-install-list-bounces@redhat.com] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Padmanabh Padaki<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, February 08, 2005
3:06 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'Shane Presley'; '<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Getting started with Red Hat Linux</st1:PersonName>'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: Dell 1850?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The
easiest thing to do is to download the latest updates from RedHat, burn and use
those CD's for installation. With this, you have the control and do not need
the Server Assistant CD. The updates have the drivers... It works fine.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-----Original
Message-----</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>From:
redhat-install-list-bounces@redhat.com</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>[<a
href="mailto:redhat-install-list-bounces@redhat.com">mailto:redhat-install-list-bounces@redhat.com</a>]On
Behalf Of Shane</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Presley</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005
12:44 PM</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>To: redhat-install-list@redhat.com</span></font>
<br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Subject: Dell 1850?</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Does
anyone have any experience with the Dell 1850s and Red Hat Enterprise 3? </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I had
previously used Dell 1650s and 1750s with no problem. The RHEL</span></font>
<br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>install recognized the onboard RAID
controllers. But with the 1850</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dell changed to the PerRAID 4d/SI,
and RedHat doesn't seem to have</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>integrated drivers for it.</span></font>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The
bundled Dell "Server Assistant" CD wants to take controll over the</span></font>
<br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>RHEL install, which I don't
like. I tried to find the RAID drivers on</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>the Dell website, but so far no
luck.</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Shane</span></font>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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