On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 07:42:54AM -0800, mike shlitz wrote: > Best choice for *NIX OS for this machine? I have > CentOS running well on my old DEC Alpha. Ubuntu > running smoothly on some iMac's, I see FreeBSD has a > port for IA64, or maybe FC-6 (64bit)? The last time I > heard someone say "Itanium" at a LUG meeting, it was > followed by hoots of laughter.
The DL590 is of circa 2002/2003 vintage but at the time SLES7 and Red Hat 7.2 were both supported on it. * "Deployment of Red Hat Linux 7.2 Itanium Processor Family on Compaq ProLiant DL590/64 Servers" http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/UCR/SupportManual/TPM_16s6-0502a-wwen_rev0_us/TPM_16s6-0502a-wwen_rev0_us.pdf * "Deployment of SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 for Itanium Processor Family on Compaq ProLiant DL590/64 Servers" http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/UCR/SupportManual/TPM_164j-0102a-wwen_rev2_us/TPM_164j-0102a-wwen_rev2_us.pdf * Firmware and drivers can be found here: http://h18023.www1.hp.com/support/files/server/us/family/model/1263.html?lang=en&cc=us&prodSeriesId=254895 I'd try installing debian it... -marc -- Marc Nozell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.nozell.com/blog _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
