Re: Server Questions (fwd)

1998-02-27 Thread Jaakko Niemi
>> I'm familiar with the phenomena. I'd happy to take your money, but I >> suspect that your boss wants to see a glossy brochure that says Debian >> Support, Inc. on the cover and lists dozens of Fortune 500 customers. >> >> It does seem like there is a business opportunity here. A network of >>

Re: Server Questions (fwd)

1998-02-26 Thread Nathan E Norman
On 26 Feb 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : Nathan Norman writes: : > The thing is, I doubt we'd ever place a support call. : : They all say that :) Yes, they do :) However, we have BSDI support right now, and I view it as a "last resort" type thing ... in the past, the questions I've sent to the

Re: Server Questions (fwd)

1998-02-26 Thread john
Nathan Norman writes: > The thing is, I doubt we'd ever place a support call. They all say that :) > However ... my boss wants to have "someone we can call for support when > it doesn't work". This person, persons, or company would preferably have > some sort of documentation as to who they are

Re: Server Questions (fwd)

1998-02-26 Thread Nathan E Norman
On 26 Feb 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : Nathan E Norman writes: : > Oh, and before I forget ... I heard there is a company providing phone : > support for Debian Linux. If this is true, who is it? What are the : > rates? I work for a corporation that is becoming comfortable with the : > idea

Re: Server Questions (fwd)

1998-02-26 Thread john
Nathan E Norman writes: > Oh, and before I forget ... I heard there is a company providing phone > support for Debian Linux. If this is true, who is it? What are the > rates? I work for a corporation that is becoming comfortable with the > idea of Linux, but wants tech support available. Oliver

Re: Server Questions (fwd)

1998-02-26 Thread Tim Sailer
Ossama Othman wrote: > I believe that you may be incorrect. We have someone running 2.0.33 with > SMP enabled since he has 2 Pentium II processors in his system. If you > need SMP, you will probably have to recompile the kernel source manually. > > Do your make {menu,x}config (whichever you use)

Re: Server Questions (fwd)

1998-02-26 Thread Ossama Othman
Hi, > I haven't used SMP. I know it needs the 2.1 kernel series. I believe that you may be incorrect. We have someone running 2.0.33 with SMP enabled since he has 2 Pentium II processors in his system. If you need SMP, you will probably have to recompile the kernel source manually. Do your ma

Re: Server Questions (fwd)

1998-02-26 Thread Oliver Elphick
Nathan E Norman wrote: >No-one on this list uses Debian as a news server? Nobody's running SMP? >There's no interest whatsoever in tech support for Debian? (I know >Bruce posted something about it a while ago ...) ... >Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 02:14:22 -0600 (CST) >From: Nathan E Norman <

Re: Server Questions (fwd)

1998-02-26 Thread David Wright
On Thu, 26 Feb 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote: > No-one on this list uses Debian as a news server? Nobody's running SMP? > There's no interest whatsoever in tech support for Debian? (I know > Bruce posted something about it a while ago ...) > > I'm disappointed. If the folks who are "in the know"