[Bioclusters] Re: Linux on Xserve, anyone?

[Lee Watkins]

Peter Clapham wrote:
> FWIW, I've had a macbook pro running fine under Ubuntu.
> The procedure was pretty straight forward and various useful pointers 
> may be found here:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=198453
> Using rEFIt avoided elilo problems.
> All worked well so I can't see any obvious proble using Ubuntu on an 
> Intel based Xserve.


You'd think, but the final word from people who've tried it again and 
again is that Ubuntu/Debian/etc. won't install on Xserve no matter what 
tricks they tried.

I think I'm going to take Canonical up on their offer to certify 
Xserve/Intel for Ubuntu, let them deal with it... either that or wait 
for OS X 10.5 Server (or try the beta like Chris Dagdigian suggested), 
maybe that will suffice for us.

-- 

Lee Watkins, Jr.
Director of Bioinformatics
Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR)
Institute of Genetic Medicine
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