Re: install RHEL 3 Up4 dell 7400

Hello,

   Problem solved!! We switch from update 4 to update 7 and everything
works fine,
even the SAS controller has its drivers. Thank you for answering my
questions.

Sergio Arregui


Leinweber, James wrote:
> Sergio Arregui:
>> ... it is a requirement of the software for which the
>> computer was acquired to use RedHat 3
> 
> The problem of old software on new hardware can be finessed with
> Xen, can't it?  Try installing a Redhat 5.2 Xen hypervisor in
> Dom0 and than install a Redhat 3 Xen virtual guest.  That way,
> the hypervisor is between your legacy application and the
> actual hardware.  I think Redhat even has paravirtualized
> RHEL 3 kernels to maximize the performance.
> 
> Note that inserting a hypervisor make make applications run
> either faster, a little slower, or a lot slower, depending
> on exactly what memory, disk, and network I/O access patterns
> they have, what kind of virtualization you are using, and
> what kind of hardware assists your CPU's provide.  Slightly
> slower is typical (5%-15%).
> 
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