Re: [ldm-users] Fedora 7 Installs
All,
I recently used the network install option for Fedora 6 and 7 for a
workstation, which saved me the trouble of needing to download & burning
CDs (since the system I was reloading didn't have a DVD drive). This
actually saved me some time. But I share Dan's concerns about bloatware
and upgradability.
I will be doing a major upgrade of one of our servers in January and
possibly purchasing some new hardware. I was considering RHEL for
these, but CentOS may now be on my list of OSs to consider, especially
if it resembles RedHat/Fedora (which seems to be Unidata's preferred
linux flavor). I'm assuming CentOS uses yum for software installations
& updates?
My main concern is making sure that I be as compatible as possible with
Unidata applications. LDM is pretty easy to build no matter what OS you
are running, but I want to be able to easily build Gempak from source as
well. I migrated from FreeBSD to Fedora 5 on one workstation recently
and it has been a piece of cake to build Gempak from source once all the
extras (motif, etc.) are installed.
I'd like to get some additional comments on Pete Pokrandt's question,
best filesystems for large (RAID) disks, this may also be an issue with
us in the next few months.
Brendon
