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. 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 above opinions/views are my own, and are not necessarily the views of my employers. Regards, Tony Melia MCP Server Support Group * +353 1 2044208 * Tony_Melia@Dell.com <<...>> -----Original Message----- From: Fred A. Miller [SMTP:fmiller@lightlink.com] Sent: Thursday, February 04, 1999 1:37 AM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: [SuSE Linux] Adaptec 7890 At Cornell, we've been having any new systems built by CSI in CO....VERY solid systems, and NO problems. Cornell last year negotiated special pricing with Dell, and the "bean counter" in my dept. thought that we should get a Dell for our new server....I didn't have much choice. It's a Poweredge 2300...nice black metal case, LOTS of air flow with good fans, etc., etc. However, it has an Adaptec 7890 embedded on the MOB (NOT my choice for a controller for sure). SuSE 5.3 will NOT "see" the 2 Segate Baracudas. I called SuSE in CA today to find out if that controller is supported, and I was told that I could call tech. support tomorrow after 11:00 pacific time. Wonderfull.....the sales dept. can't tell me if 6.0 is going to support this controller. Redhat 5.2 does ship with the driver...already checked on that. I'd like to put 6.0 on the "beast," but I'm not going to wait for a driver that SHOULD have shipped with 5.3. Oh yes...forgot. Dell has "cut" a deal with Redhat......oh well. Fred - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>