Hi, On Thu, 4 Feb 1999 anthony_Melia@Dell.com wrote:
Dell have not 'cut' any deals. As far as I can see, redhat got quite involved in making sure drivers were available that meant their customers could use a redhat bootdisk and install without a problem on Dell systems. Being a major Suse fan myself, I tried creating a Suse bootdisk that would allow easy installations on the 2300. When I sent a mail to Suse asking for a little help with a problem I came across, I was told not to email them.
I'd like to add, that you mailed *me* about this and I just kindly asked you not to personally ask me support questions, after giving you a hint what might go wrong on _two_ occasions. Even if I follow this mailing list, this does not make me your personal supporter. I try to help out on this list if time permits, but I cannot give free support to anyone who bugs me.
As Dell have no official 'agreement' with Suse, and I am doing this out of my own interest, I had to abandon it. Suse are digging their own grave by not being more 'helpful' to PC manufacturers. As Dell are one of the biggest Server manufacturers in the world, I would have thought Suse would be eager to adapt their bootdisk to support the 7890 & 7860/70. A few hours work by Suse in adapting would make installations easier for hundreds of thousands of people who have these 2300's.
The Adaptecs shouldn't be a problem, as we already supply boot disks with the latest driver on our ftp Server.
The above opinions/views are my own, and are not necessarily the views of my employers.
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