Re: Hardware suggestions for R/H Workstation

2003-01-09 Thread Cliff Wells
On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 16:54, Edward Dekkers wrote: I'm surprised no-one had recommended Intel Mainboards? Why not? They are without a doubt (after 9 years of business and trying HEAPS of others), the most reliable motherboards I've ever used (well, bar the CC820 - but that's the

RE: Hardware suggestions for R/H Workstation

2003-01-08 Thread Daily, Shane, CTR
Ok, here's my 2 cents. Asus motherboard - http://usa.asus.com - Try and stay away from integrated video, network, sound. Micron memory - http://www.crucial.com Shane -Original Message- From: Gordon Ewasiuk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 9:11 AM To: [EMAIL

Re: Hardware suggestions for R/H Workstation

2003-01-08 Thread Matthew Boeckman
Several answers: RedHat Hardware Compatibility List: http://hardware.redhat.com/hcl/ I've found in the systems I handroll that so long as I double-check the HCL, I'm fine. I tend to agree on Asus/Micron, and might I add AMD for the CPU. Intel=overpriced! I also agree that integrated

RE: Hardware suggestions for R/H Workstation

2003-01-08 Thread Randy Williams
Greetings, I have had to search, but I have found that all the big vendors do, in fact, sell Red Hat capable equipment (whether they are up to RH8 or not is a question), but they do not put it on their front web pages due to agreements with MS. (That's not just my anti-MS attitude, that's what

Re: Hardware suggestions for R/H Workstation

2003-01-08 Thread Scott Croft
Not being biased at all, but you'd be crazy not to go with Micron memory... :) Scott On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 09:31, Matthew Boeckman wrote: Several answers: RedHat Hardware Compatibility List: http://hardware.redhat.com/hcl/ I've found in the systems I handroll that so long as I

Re: Hardware suggestions for R/H Workstation

2003-01-08 Thread Cliff Wells
On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 08:11, Gordon Ewasiuk wrote: Hi List, I'm selling my Ultra 10 and looking to buy a high powered workstation to run Redhat. I'm inclined to do the usual build your own model and select the best components(motherboard, CPU, ram, etc.) for the job. Does anyone have an

Re: Hardware suggestions for R/H Workstation

2003-01-08 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
I think you can get Dell with Redhat pre-installed. But not at the consumer level. From what I understand, it's just at the business level (servers). There are a couple of vendors out there selling pre-built Linux boxes. In fact, I was recently involved in helping set one up (it's not ready,

Re: Hardware suggestions for R/H Workstation

2003-01-08 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
For a good mobo: Soyo Dragon Plus (Athlon) Need SMP? Try the Tyan board. Deffinately go with crucial memory. Like fancy cases? Look into the Lian-Li Aluminum cases. Spendy, but nice!!! Ric Gordon Ewasiuk wrote: Hi List, I'm selling my Ultra 10 and looking to buy a high powered

RE: Hardware suggestions for R/H Workstation

2003-01-08 Thread Ward William E DLDN
-Original Message- From: Tibbetts, Ric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 11:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Hardware suggestions for R/H Workstation For a good mobo: Soyo Dragon Plus (Athlon) I'll second this; I've got two

Re: Hardware suggestions for R/H Workstation

2003-01-08 Thread CORNELY Nicolas
On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 17:11, Gordon Ewasiuk wrote: Does anyone know... Dell Belgium accept to sell machines without any pre-installed OS. U'll receive a 'blank machine' and then U can install anything U want. -- [ nicolas cornely - www.cornely.org ] -- redhat-list mailing list

Re: Hardware suggestions for R/H Workstation

2003-01-08 Thread Edward Dekkers
I'm surprised no-one had recommended Intel Mainboards? Why not? They are without a doubt (after 9 years of business and trying HEAPS of others), the most reliable motherboards I've ever used (well, bar the CC820 - but that's the exception). Very fast and 3 year warranty (although not necessary

Thank You! (was Re: Hardware suggestions for R/H Workstation)

2003-01-08 Thread Gordon Ewasiuk
On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Gordon Ewasiuk wrote: Also, I tried to order a prebuilt system via the usual suspects - Dell, IBM, HP, Compaq...but was surprised to find that NONE offered to install Redhat 8 on a system. Does anyone know of any system vendors that will preinstall Redhat 8? And what