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chrishunteratyaleedu
sbuu SOI support redhat linux distros
Nov 12 2008, 2:38 PM EST | Post edited: Nov 12 2008, 2:38 PM EST
I booted up the Oct 2008 Dell "Systems Management Tools and Documentation" dvd. I tried the server os installation option from the sbuu menu. I note it only support linux redhat version 4.5 and redhat 5.2.

What if I want to use a different version eg. redhat 5.1 or 4.6 ?
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scott_hanson
scott_hanson
1. RE: sbuu SOI support redhat linux distros
Nov 12 2008, 7:40 PM EST | Post edited: Nov 12 2008, 7:40 PM EST
Due to time constraints it would be impossible to fully test and support every version of every linux distribution. Therefore a subset is picked that is most likely to be installed at a customer's site at the point of time of the release.

The full list is here -- http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/smsom/5.5/en/peosom/installa.htm#wp999358

Just from this matrix you can see the number of combinations that have to be tested to be "officially supported". That doesn't mean that other combinations won't "work", you can usually get other flavors of linux to work with the drivers from the support site. But it just won't be officially supported.

Hope that helps.
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chrishunteratyaleedu
2. RE: sbuu SOI support redhat linux distros
Nov 13 2008, 9:58 AM EST | Post edited: Nov 13 2008, 9:58 AM EST
Thanks for info; i had forgotten about the support matrix documentation. I can probably do what I want using dtk, but not sure how to proceed with the sbuu software.
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Reybeast
Reybeast
3. RE: sbuu SOI support redhat linux distros
Jul 8 2010, 3:29 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 8 2010, 3:29 PM EDT
updated link, this is OpenManage 6.3 version, just released July 2010
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/smsom/6.3/en/peosom/installa.htm#wp999358
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