RHEL 4 or 5 AS 64Bit OS

[Esquivel, Vicente]

Thanks for the reply Justin.

Why would you suggest 4 over 5, because it is new or are there other
reasons?

Vince 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com 
> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Justin Zygmont
> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 4:34 PM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Re: RHEL 4 or 5 AS 64Bit OS
> 
> Esquivel, Vicente wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >  
> >  
> > Is anyone running 64bit RHEL 4 or 5 AS on an intel based Dell Power 
> > Edge 2950 with 2x(dual core) Xeon Woodcrest processors with 16GB of 
> > RAM, since this is not true 64bit hardware but rather it is 
> 32bit with 
> > 64bit extensions.  Dell claims that it supports 64bit RHEL 
> on this hardware.
> >  
> >   Can anyone tell me if there are having problems doing this or if 
> > there would be anything I should take into consideration 
> when trying 
> > to decide to run 32bit RHEL or 64bit RHEL.  The application I will 
> > running on this server supports both 32 or 64 bit.
> 
> 
> I have one of those, I know rhel 64 bit will work well with 
> it, but I can't remember if it already had the drivers for 
> the PERC5i or not, you may need to use a driver disk.  
> Unfortunately windoze had to go onto it instead, and Dell 
> doesn't know much about their own stuff.
> 
> I think rhel 5, 64 bit would be the best for you, hope it helps..
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Justin Zygmont
> System and Network Administrator
> Cityfone Telecommunications Inc
> 
> 604.629.8841
> justin at cityfone dot net
> 
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