System Requirements
Red Hat keeps a listing of the system requirements and supported hardware for the three platforms—Intel, Alpha, and SPARC—on which Linux will run. These lists are presented in this section. As with anything, these lists change. If the particular hardware you have is not listed, check Red Hat's Hardware Compatibility Lists Web page at http://www.redhat.com/support/hardware/ to see if it has been listed there.
For Alpha and SPARC hardware, your best bet is to stick with Tier 1-supported equipment. Red Hat defines three tiers of support for SPARC and Alpha hardware:
Tier 1— The Red Hat distribution can detect and use the system, and works reliably.
Tier 2— The Red Hat distribution should properly detect and work with the hardware, ...
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