Am 22.07.2011 11:32, schrieb Torintino T: > > Hi John, > > Yes i tried it, Centos 4.8 is supported on IBMX3200 M3, thanks for this. > > Also i want to use Dell ones > [R310, > R410, R415, R510, R610 and R710] > i found on the page of "Operating System Support Matrix for Dell PowerEdge Systems" [http://advisors.dell.com/advisorweb/iDriveMatrixView.aspx] > that they all do support "RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX 4" Update 8 x86 & Update 8 x86_64 > > So do they also support CentOS 4.8 for sure? > as Dell also doesn't give a formal answer onto this. > > Thank you If a hardware vendor states that he supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux of a specific release, this does not mean, he would support the corresponding CentOS, Scientific Linux or OEL release. It can be a good will activity, but may be bound to the supporter you talk to. In general, the hardware vendor will request you to demonstrate the issue you have with the supported RHEL release. Greetings Alexander