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------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >Subject: > >Re: [MSUNAG] Sun X2100 Server Issue(s) > >From: > >Matthew A Kolb <[log in to unmask]> > >Date: > >Mon, 12 Jun 2006 10:38:50 -0400 > >To: > >[log in to unmask] > > > >To: > >[log in to unmask] > > > > > >Marc Conlin writes: > > > >>We've had a demo unit of this Sun AMD server for a week or more. > >>We've been > >>unable to get the academic versions of Red Hat Linux or Windows 2003 > >>Server, > >>both 32 and 64 bit versions to install. In particular we've been > >>unable to > >>get either hardware of software raid to work. > >>Is anyone actually using a Sun AMD server and if so with what OS and > >>with or > >>without raid? > > > > > >Sorry I'm so far behind on this. We are using X4200s with Solaris 10. > >Our disks are mirrored by the internal card (this is probably a major > >difference between the 4200 and the 2100, I'm not sure). > >As for getting alternative OSs to run, here's one indication of success: > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/htdig/freebsd-amd64/2005-December/007046.ht > >ml > >Best of luck. > >./matt We have a X2100 running Gentoo AMD 64 2006.0 with software raid 1 and a 2.6 kernel no problems. I don't think that we tried windows on it, but FreeBSD worked on it as well. Matt