The time has come and the operating systems are installing.
I have three dual socket P3 systems that are going to be formatted and installed to shortly. The Compaq DL360, Dell PowerEdge 2550 and the Sencore are all going through the paces. "The paces for what?", you might ask. It is time that I finally got down to the "fun" stuff in servers. If you have a keen mind, you may have noticed that they all share the same processor and could figure out what I want to do with them. Otherwise, I will give a hint: Cluster.
The operating system of choice, is, of course, CentOS 5.5. The Compaq is in the progress of installing the operating system as I type this. The other two systems have been hooked up (data/power) for the first time in many months. I've already fired them both up to make sure they are functional and all systems are go. My goal is to have the operating systems installed by tomorrow night, and the configuration time is unknown; since I have no experience in this field.
After this is working, I may tear it down and use it for other nefarious purposes. But for now, they will be my testing grounds and have the magic smoke beaten out of them.