RHEL 4 or 5 AS 64Bit OS

[Justin Zygmont]

I think 5 would have a better chance of having the driver for the 
perc5i, it just comes down to being newer, and probably less hassle. 
For example a program like mediawiki required php5, so if you have rhel4 
your out of luck.  Unless you want to upgrade all over again later, it 
could save you the wasted time.



Justin Zygmont
System and Network Administrator
Cityfone Telecommunications Inc

604.629.8841
justin at cityfone dot net

Esquivel, Vicente wrote:
> 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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