Linux Options for Dell PowerEdge 2950 II
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A while back I had an old HP server, G5 I think, where Fedora and CentOS wouldn't install. Debian 9 did fine though so I would try Debian. I always do the install in text-mode (not graphical) BTW.
Download the netinstall image and select below options for a minimal install with SSH.
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BTW, here is a guide how to install it if you need to guide a remote hand to do it.
https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/debian-minimal-server/It installs much faster than fedora & centos, maybe because it has less packages in the base install.
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Ubuntu 19.04 worked like a charm.
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@scottalanmiller said in Linux Options for Dell PowerEdge 2950 II:
Ubuntu 19.04 worked like a charm.
Good, it makes sense.
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Debian 9 and 18.04 have been working. i have a couple of them and others with xcpng too
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@scottalanmiller said in Linux Options for Dell PowerEdge 2950 II:
Ubuntu 19.04 worked like a charm.
I know Windows Server 2008 R2 works on them too lol.
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was just looking at what my coworker installed on our "spare" 2950 here; Debian 9 no issues. He hasn't tried Fedora/Centos or SUSE yet.
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How did it (the fedora installation) fail? Sounds weird to me, those machines are ~2007-ish, but they have decent SAS interfaces and okay-ish xeons (for their time).
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@scottalanmiller said in Linux Options for Dell PowerEdge 2950 II:
Ubuntu 19.04 worked like a charm.
Did you even try Debian? Why torture yourself?
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@travisdh1 said in Linux Options for Dell PowerEdge 2950 II:
@scottalanmiller said in Linux Options for Dell PowerEdge 2950 II:
Ubuntu 19.04 worked like a charm.
Did you even try Debian? Why torture yourself?
Because it's for production.
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@scottalanmiller said in Linux Options for Dell PowerEdge 2950 II:
@travisdh1 said in Linux Options for Dell PowerEdge 2950 II:
@scottalanmiller said in Linux Options for Dell PowerEdge 2950 II:
Ubuntu 19.04 worked like a charm.
Did you even try Debian? Why torture yourself?
Because it's for production.
How is Ubuntu more production ready than Debian?
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@travisdh1 said in Linux Options for Dell PowerEdge 2950 II:
How is Ubuntu more production ready than Debian?
Support is generally considered an important thing for production. Primary vendor support, even if you don't pay for it and only maintain it as an option, is considered a hallmark of consideration for being in production. Think about Windows 7 and how people talk about it "going out of support" next year and what a big deal that is. But Debian has no support at all, so is in many ways similar to running Windows 7 many years down the road (without the part about being out of date.)
You can't use the "it's out of support" logic and "Debian is production ready" because it's conflicting. Ubuntu is basically Debian with enterprise backing.
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@travisdh1 said in Linux Options for Dell PowerEdge 2950 II:
@scottalanmiller said in Linux Options for Dell PowerEdge 2950 II:
@travisdh1 said in Linux Options for Dell PowerEdge 2950 II:
@scottalanmiller said in Linux Options for Dell PowerEdge 2950 II:
Ubuntu 19.04 worked like a charm.
Did you even try Debian? Why torture yourself?
Because it's for production.
How is Ubuntu more production ready than Debian?
A better question - how is that antique server ready for production???
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@RojoLoco said in Linux Options for Dell PowerEdge 2950 II:
@travisdh1 said in Linux Options for Dell PowerEdge 2950 II:
@scottalanmiller said in Linux Options for Dell PowerEdge 2950 II:
@travisdh1 said in Linux Options for Dell PowerEdge 2950 II:
@scottalanmiller said in Linux Options for Dell PowerEdge 2950 II:
Ubuntu 19.04 worked like a charm.
Did you even try Debian? Why torture yourself?
Because it's for production.
How is Ubuntu more production ready than Debian?
A better question - how is that antique server ready for production???
Not my choice, that bit is insane.
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@scottalanmiller said in Linux Options for Dell PowerEdge 2950 II:
@RojoLoco said in Linux Options for Dell PowerEdge 2950 II:
@travisdh1 said in Linux Options for Dell PowerEdge 2950 II:
@scottalanmiller said in Linux Options for Dell PowerEdge 2950 II:
@travisdh1 said in Linux Options for Dell PowerEdge 2950 II:
@scottalanmiller said in Linux Options for Dell PowerEdge 2950 II:
Ubuntu 19.04 worked like a charm.
Did you even try Debian? Why torture yourself?
Because it's for production.
How is Ubuntu more production ready than Debian?
A better question - how is that antique server ready for production???
Not my choice, that bit is insane.
We have a few here, when they finally go away, I'm calling in scientists to carbon date the internal components and look for microscopic fossils inside.
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Does this server have Pentium II's?
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@DustinB3403 said in Linux Options for Dell PowerEdge 2950 II:
Does this server have Pentium II's?
Might as well.
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@scottalanmiller said in Linux Options for Dell PowerEdge 2950 II:
Think about Windows 7 and how people talk about it "going out of support" next year and what a big deal that is. But Debian has no support at all, so is in many ways similar to running Windows 7 many years down the road (without the part about being out of date.)
Wow, that was a stretch. The main problem with Windows 7's end of life is that there will be no security updates. I'm pretty sure the vast majority of Win7 customers don't depend on Microsoft support.
Debian doesn't do support because Debian is not a company. So running Debian is simply like running Fedora.
Customers either support it themselves or find 3rd party to do it for them. For a lot of customers that is not a good option so it makes sense to use a distro with commercial support options. -
@Pete-S said in Linux Options for Dell PowerEdge 2950 II:
Wow, that was a stretch. The main problem with Windows 7's end of life is that there will be no security updates.
But in reality, MS brings them out for a long time yet. They are still patching all kinds of things for security. The big "panic" is about support ending, not patches ending.
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@Pete-S said in Linux Options for Dell PowerEdge 2950 II:
I'm pretty sure the vast majority of Win7 customers don't depend on Microsoft support.
"Depend on" is never the factor. It's "is available". That's what is considered and what people freak out about.
