Known Working Linux Distros for the Plasma UU Server
Here is a list of various Linux distros that have been confirmed to either work or not work for Cyan's plasma servers. Any special notes for various versions will be noted below the list. Feel free to update the list as other distros are tested, both those working and those not working.
Known Working
Debian - Sarge
CentOS - 3.x (verify this, please), 4.0**
Whitebox Linux - 3.0
Fedora Core - 1, 2**
Gentoo x86 - all versions*
Red Hat - 9
Slackware - 10.0
Ubuntu Linux 5.04 Tested. (Debian derived distro)
SuSE Linux 9.0 Pro (tested good for Pentium Pro server)
Known Non-working
- CentOS - 4.1, 4.2
- Fedora Core - 3, 4
- Slackware - 10.1
- SUSE - 9.3
Notes
Gentoo
You must first mask out newer versions of glibc in order to make it work... To do this:
# echo ">sys-libs/glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1" >> /etc/portage/package.mask # emerge glibc
and, if necessary:
# revdep-rebuild
Fedora Core and CentOS
When using a MySQL 4.0 package RPM, note that version 4.0.26 has some dependancy problems on some OS versions. You may either try to resolve these manually, or use 4.0.25, which is known to work properly. Note: you may not be able to use the mysql 4.0 rpms PERIOD on centOS 4.0.
Ubuntu 5.04 and MySQL
The distro does not come with MySQL-Server already installed and using 'apt-get install' will fetch the latest version of MySQL from the repository. Therefore it is neccesary to download and install MySQL 4.0.26 manually from the official website.
Submitted by - MichaelHansen
Comments
centOS 4.0 requires you to replace your glibc; also, Eric L. discovered that this will only work on the 32 bit build. Replacing glibc on 64 bit build makes somethings "die".
- -Adam Johnso(n)
SuSE Linux
SuSE Linux Personal editions DO NOT seem to support RAID cards. SuSE Linux Professional editions suspect there could be a RAID array and have what you need already on your install disc.
- - Tehl Nava