Re: Enterprise Kernel

2002-10-23 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
, and > > install the resulting .deb on the rest. > > > > That is exactly what I didbut that would not be what a SysAdm would > want...he/she would want to just select an 'enterprise' kernel from the > package list. > > One has to bear in mind t

Re: Enterprise Kernel

2002-10-21 Thread Tyler F. Creelan
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2002 6:01 PM > Subject: Enterprise Kernel > > > > Hi all, > > > > It's been awhile since I last wrote to the list. Anyway, let's get do

Re: Enterprise Kernel

2002-10-20 Thread Herbert Xu
On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 09:01:15AM +0800, Patrick Cheong Shu Yang wrote: > > I had to re-compile the kernel to map the RAM above 1GB. Are there plans > to include kernels compiled/built for the enterprise in mind...this > would surely help in making Debian the choice of distribution when it > come

Re: Enterprise Kernel

2002-10-20 Thread nate
Patrick Cheong Shu Yang said: > Hi all, > Thoughts anyone? my most immediate thought is my belief that anyone who runs such a server should be running a self compiled kernel anyways. every system I deploy goes with a very custom kernel with many patches depending on the kind of hardware and what

Re: Enterprise Kernel

2002-10-20 Thread Patrick Cheong Shu Yang
All, That is exactly what I didbut that would not be what a SysAdm would want...he/she would want to just select an 'enterprise' kernel from the package list. One has to bear in mind that not all SysAdm know how to re-compile a kernel...and using kernel-package to do it...:-P If

Re: Enterprise Kernel

2002-10-20 Thread Edward Guldemond
On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 09:01:15AM +0800, Patrick Cheong Shu Yang wrote: > > I had to re-compile the kernel to map the RAM above 1GB. Are there plans > to include kernels compiled/built for the enterprise in mind...this > would surely help in making Debian the choice of distribution when it > come

Enterprise Kernel

2002-10-20 Thread Patrick Cheong Shu Yang
Hi all, It's been awhile since I last wrote to the list. Anyway, let's get down to it... I work at a securities firm (securities as in stock market). Most, if not all, of our backoffice systems run on Linux (some M$, Solaris and HP-UX). The majority of the Linux installs are RH 7.x whilst the re