DELL

[Ben Kochie <ben@nerp.net>]

well, i took the plunge, and ordered a linux pre-installed dell poweredge
server for a new application project at work.  I was happy to find no
"Certificate of Authenticity" stickers for another OS anywhere in the
package.. although I did not find a linux CD.. (yet)  and there was a CD
with some NT software on it.. looked like a standard dell management
bundle.. oh well.. 

I pluged it in, turned it on and was greeted by a friendly LILO prompt.. 
the root password was blank, and it defaulted to console.. (it's a server)
the ethernet was not enabled.. (duh.. no root password) 


Red Hat Linux release 6.1 (Cartman)
Kernel 2.2.12-32smp on an i686

localhost login: root
DELL-installed Red Hat Linux Tue Jan  4 14:17:34 CST 2000
[root@localhost /root]#

I did like the fact that they did a correctly laid out partition scheme,
and not one big partition.

Filesystem           1k-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda6              1035660     45868    937184   5% /
/dev/sda3                23333      5523     16606  25% /boot
/dev/sda9               679880        40    645304   0% /tmp
/dev/sda5              2071384   1253596    712564  64% /usr
/dev/sda8               256667     34844    208571  14% /var
/dev/sda2              4134932      7996   3916888   0% /home

services running:
apache, sendmail, lpd, etc.  nothing fancy

it seems to be a fairly deafult redhat 6.1 install.  702 packages
installed total.  booting X showed a couple DELL logo's on the gdm login
screen, and on the gnome desktop.  I'm happy so far :)

Thank You,
        Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net)

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