Soon I will need to install one HP server ML150 with a linux distribution on it, and I want to use my favourite SuSe, but not the supported version from Novell (SLES). I want to install openSuSe 11 on it. Did someone have any experiance with such an installation? I am worried about the drivers for the hardware.
I’ve installed one such system… no issues. Do make sure you apply the latest updates when using reiser to avoid lockups.
Also when running the setup, don’t do the online update during setup but update after the install is finished.
Other then that it should be solid.
As you are planning to use openSUSE on a server it’s generally a good idea to disable any update agents and de-install beagle (unless you need it of course) - to deinstall beagle ’ zypper remove beagle ’ does the job nicely.
Good luck & enjoy,
Wj