RedHat 9 install on Maxtor SATA drive

[John Rumpelein]

Absolutely right -- at risk of getting thrown off the list ;) , CentOS is
basically the same as RHEL without commercial support. I'd give that a try
before messing around with RH9. I've found Fedora unsuitable for any serious
use, but of course it's intended for hobbyists and developers.


On 11/10/05, Saurabh Bathe <sbathe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Debbie Tropiano wrote:
> > Folks -
> >
> > Is it possible to install RedHat 9 on system with a Maxtor SATA drive?
> > I'm not finding any drivers for it (yet).
> >
> > Any help is appreciated,
> > Debbie
>
> The drive (ie. disk) does not matter. What matters is the SATA
> controller. I still doubt whether RH9 would recognise any SATA
> controller unless you install a rather recent kernel (atleast 2.4.23IIRC).
>
> In any case why do you want to install RH9 now? Its obsolete.
> Get Fedora Core 3/4. If you need more stability and can spend some
> money, get RHEL4 or otherwise some clone like CentOS.
>
> --Saurabh
>
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