Yes, SGI = silicon graphics. Their variant of Unix, Irix, used the XFS filesystem, which has been ported to Linux. The open sourced version of XFS includes a RH-7.2 install CD, which allows you to natively install RH-7.2 on a XFS filesystem.
Brett I. Holcomb wrote: > Thanks for the input. > > What is SGI - the one I know was Silcon Graphics - how does it tie into RH? > > Andrew Mathews wrote: > > >><snip> >> >>I'd have to agree with you. I originally started with RH around 5.2 and >>immediately took a dislike, switching to Caldera. I've tried SuSE, >>Debian, Slackware, Mandrake, and even <cough> Corel<cough> which I >>immediately confused with an AOL disc, immediately making an excellent >>drink holder. I run Caldera on this laptop, and another, as well as one >>gateway/firewall and another mail server. However I've converted several >>boxen to the SGI/RH 7.2 distro which I've had absolutely zero problems >>with. Not one single problem! So in time, all mine will eventually be >>all XFS/SGI/RH based. Hell, even SGI's vanilla 2.4.18 kernel runs like a >>dream. I haven't been this impressed with a distro since eDesktop 2.4! >>As a matter of fact, I'm having an intellectual *debate* (disagreement) >>over using it vs. SuSE 8.0 for a new hot rod web server I'm building for >>the State. I respect his opinion highly, but I really don't have a good >>feel personally for SuSE just yet. I may test it on a spare laptop hard >>drive over the weekend and see how different, or the same it really is. >>It has to have XFS or I won't load it though. Any comments or opinions >>about these are appreciated. > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo: http://netllama.ipfox.com 8:40pm up 21 days, 3:34, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.02, 0.04 _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
