[SlugLUG] Debian As A Server

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Rohan Sheth (rohan at rohan.ws):

> I have been thinking about buying a new dell poweredge server but I
> can't decide what to run on it.

Better run something for which the installation kernel has cutting-edge 
hardware support, e.g., as to
SATA  (http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html) or
SAS   (http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sas.html), as applicable.

It's really annoying to find that $DISTRO_OF_CHOICE won't install onto
your shiny PowerEdge 6000SUX because Dell's made yet another wacky chipset
choice for its "PERC" (http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/perc.html)
HBAs.

> ...I prefer
> Debian because of its steadfast history of stability and its rampant
> recognition.  

You might want to be aware, in particular, of Christophe Kern's, Scott
Kveton's, Colm MacCárthaigh's, Steve Mickeler's, and Lennart Lundager
Sorensen's installer images:
http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Debian/installers.html#unofficial

Apologies for that page being a little dusty.  I'll be attempting to
revamp it Real Soon Now.