[Gllug] Recommended distro

[Huw Lynes]

On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 11:42:54 +0000 (GMT)
Christian Smith <csmith at micromuse.com> wrote:


> Even keeping a spare system is probably easier with SUN servers, as the
> NVRAM is swappable between boxes, taking configuration with them (think of
> hostid locked licenses, for example.)

this isn't usually a massive problem since most licenses just use the MAC
address. Of course if a really badly designed license server used, say for
example, the inode number of /bin/tail you are going to be screwed regardless
of the hardware platform you are running on.

Not that I'm bitter or anything.

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