 | | | The most stupid certification program!! | The most stupid certification program!! 2005-06-06 - By Ed Wilts
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On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 09:15:40AM -0500, Kathy Bieltz wrote:
> I can see why Mr. Regatta was frustrated. The RedHat certificate
> site said his hardware was supported with RHEL 3, not the
> latest updated version of RHEL 3. When RedHat adds hardware
> certification information to their site it would be helpful is they
> indicated the version AND update level.
I believe that it's fair game that Red Hat tests the version of RHEL 3
that was current at the time of certification. I would not expect Red
Hat to test a stock RHEL 3, watch it fail, test RHEL 3 Update 1, watch
it fail, test RHEL 3 Update 2, and have it pass and then say that RHEL 3
Update 2 is required. In his other case that required Update 4, that's
a lot of wasted tests.
If you see a certification date of August, 2004, it would be prudent to
start with the release that was current at that time. Yes, it would be
nice if Red Hat posted that on the certification site - that it was
Update 2 that was tested - although this would not guarantee that Update
1 wouldn't work but just that it was tested only with Update 2.
> I like Mr. Regatta, try to get all the drivers and update information
> before I upgrade while I still have a working system.
>
> Then I do a fresh install of the boxed version I bought and apply
> updates and build drivers so I can get the basic system working.
>
> Then I logon to RHN to apply remaining updates.
My approach is to burn the current ISOs before I start an install. This
is especially useful if you're doing more than 1 install since you need
download the latest set only once instead of once per system as you're
doing.
> Not everyone has the equipment to burn new ISO's for their
> fresh installs.
It's a real pain at work for me so I actually burn them at home.
Remember that RHEL starts at $179/year for support for a WS release yet
you can buy a CD burner for under $50. Burning your own CDs is fairly
cheap relative to the rest of the costs. The bandwidth to get the ISOs
is not to be ignored though, especially in non-urban areas where it can
be expensive even for dial access.
.../Ed
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