On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 02:18:10AM -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 02:34:46PM -0500, Lee Whalen wrote: > > Greetings all, long-time Debian user, first-time poster here. > > Welcome to the last OS you'll ever need X-) > > > So, I've got a predicament. I need to get Debian Etch on a box that is > > already an in-production HeadRat Enterprise server (RHEL 3.0 Typhoon 6), > > running a few production apps (Apache with a handful of VHosts, postfix, a > > ticketing system we use called GForge and it's attendant Postgres database, > > and a few NFS mounts). >
Watch out for system user group and uid differences. IIRC, RedHat finishes its "reserved for system users/real users start here" space at a different UID. It's also probably worth running shadowconfig off on the Red Hat box before you back up: that way at least you have plain test to read. You may face a fair amount of chowning/chmodding of files or creating equivalent uid/gid accounts from scratch. > > The company I work for no longer wants > > to pay the HeadRat extortion fee just to be able to download package > > updates and whatnot, so I am tasked with migrating all of our HeadRat > > servers over to Debian. > > > > > My big question is, does Debian work with the Adaptec SATA HostRAID > > controller that this IBM eServer x206 box has on it? I can't seem to > > find an Etch hardware compatability list > Bug #38800 suggests that it's been done for the newest netinsts or that a slightly unofficial installer from ?? Kenshi Muto ?? including the requisite modules will work. (He's a Debian developer) There are posts on the lists about it. > Something that everyone wants! But no one has done for various reasons. > I think I have heard of folks running on IBM eservers on this list. search > google with 'site:lists.debian.org ibm eserver' > Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
