On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 03:46:04PM -0800, Rick Johnson wrote:
>
> We just got a similar machine, and are in the same boat. Looks like it's
> also based on Red Hat 7.2. But beyond that I'm not sure what to make of it.
> Perhaps it's Advanced server under a different name? I don't even see binary
> updates for it - guess that requires utilizing the RHN subscription. The
> only mention it gets on their website is a press release about Red Hat and
> HP's partnership.
I noticed that too. On updates.redhat.com I only found src rpms
for Advanced Server. I didn't crack open the box with the Red Hat
stuff in it: we received the machine from HP as a loaner for testing.
If it works out well we'll get 2 machines for running ANSYS FEA
software. The Itanium version of ANSYS hasn't arrived yet so I
haven't done any serious testing. From the ANSYS benchmarks I've
seen this machine should rock at floating point.
> On a side note - I was curious if I were to grab the SRPM's from RH 8.0, if
> I could turn the machine into a Red Hat 8.0ish Itanium box? I guess RH 7.2's
> KDE 2.x and Gnome 1.x Environments are already feeling dated after being on
> RH 7.3/8.0 for a while.
Not sure about this. I'm sure it could be done but
forget about support. My machine will be an engineering
workstation managed by a sysadmin with plenty of UNIX
experience but less redhat specific experience than myself.
Even a dated 7.2 environment will be worlds better than
the Windows 2k system I've been forced to use at work ;-).
-Mike
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