[Sussex] OK - recommend me a distribution, please...

[Mark Harrison]

> If you just want a basic system up and running, with the bare minimum
> features and no GUI: install disk packs A, D, K, [L] and N (A=base tools,
> D=Development, K=Kernel source, L=Libraries - Slackware 8.1, N=Network),
> and be selective with what you install.

Thanks

> What is Magic Carpet?

Magic Carpet is how you type "Red Carpet" when you're too tired :-) Red
Carpey as in www.ximian.com

> Is Nessus the security scanner? If you compile it with:
> # ./configure --without-gtk
> it will create a command line version.

Ta.

> What kind of proliant are you looking to install on?

1850R

> Some Compaq systems require a special partition to be written to the hard
> drive for diagnostics. This is something to be aware of, as it won't let
> you configure the hardware properly without it. I've seen RedHat delete
> this partition, and the computer forget what drives it has, or what
> processors its running. This is simply a quirk with the Compaq
> architecture.

I'm fairly sure that this one doesn't. I've currently got (gasp) SUSE 7.0 on
it, I just figured it was time to upgrade.

Regards,

Mark