Fedora 5 or 6 on Tyan K8QW (S4881) + M4881, 8 processors, 128 GB

[Gilboa Davara]

On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 17:16 +0100, Huijgen, V.B. wrote:
> Thank you for your answers about running Fedora 5 or 6 on a Tyan K8QW.
> 
> > Specifically you will need to run FC5 or FC5 x86_64 to use more than
> 4GB of RAM properly.
> 
> We want to use the 64 bit version of FC5 or FC6, I forgot to mention
> that.
> 
> > Which kernel are you using? and which ones have you tried out?
> 
> We cannot try a kernel on a Tyan system because we are only considering
> to buy one, but we usually closely follow the Fedora kernel updates.
> 
> > BTW, considering the price of the machine, I assume this is a
> production
> > machine - shouldn't you be using RHEL instead?
> 
> We are also considering RHEL but the machine will be used for scientific
> research by a group that is always asking for the newest version of
> libraries for the software that they develop.
> We do not demand that all of the software in the distribution runs
> flawlessly, but some basic things such as access to processors, memory,
> disks and network should work.
> 
> Vincent
> 

In this case, FC6/x86_64 should suite you just fine. *

- Gilboa
* Barring some weird kernel bugs ;)