[luau] Road Runner

[Mark Kellman]

Answers to your questions follow.

>From: "Warren Togami" <warren at togami.com>
>Reply-To: luau at videl.ics.hawaii.edu
>To: <luau at videl.ics.hawaii.edu>
>Subject: Re: [luau] Road Runner
>Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 12:53:05 -1000
>
>I vaguely remember some problems with newer Intel eepro100 compatible >NICs 
>in earlier 2.4.x kernels.  Judging by the 64bit PCI-X card, is >this a big 
>multiple Xeon box from Dell?  Must be a very new Intel card.

Its a Pentium box.  I don't know what you consider big, so here's the info 
on my server:
PowerEdge 1500 SC Pentium® III 1.26GHz/512K Cache
NIC	Intel Gigabit NIC PRO 1000
SCSI Controller	Dual integrated Adaptec 7899/same as a Adaptec 39160
(3)18 GB SCSI Hard Drive (15K RPM)
Memory:	512MB SDRAM (4 DIMMS)


>Can you please try a newer kernel upgrade for Red Hat?  You can get the
>latest 2.4.9 updated packages from here:
>
>http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-028.html
>
>Use "rpm -ivh kernel-2.4.9.XXX.i386.rpm" to install additional kernels >to 
>test.  But use "rpm -Uvh <packagename>" to upgrade kernel-headers, 
> >kernel->source, kernel-DOC if those need updating too.  I know it is 
> >slightly confusing, but just do it and it should give you additional 
> >kernel options at bootup if you are using the GRUB boot menu.  Are you 
> >using GRUB or LILO boot menu?

I'm using GRUB...at least that's what I chose during the install.

>There is a chance that even this updated 2.4.9 kernel wont have the 
> >updated Intel eepro100 driver for this card.  You may need to try >Linux 
>Mandrake 8.2 instead that may work a lot better with its very >new and 
>heavily modified 2.4.18 kernel.

Excellent suggestion, but this is going to be an Oracle for Linux server.  
Oracle only supports RH 7.2 as its OS.

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