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TAMS is fully committed to supporting the Red Hat Linux operating system. By supporting Red Hat Linux with TAMS products, we are enabling customers to deploy Test & Measurement solutions on the lowest cost and reliable hardware and operating system infrastructure. We believe that Linux is more attractive today than it ever was, as customers are looking for reliable and cost effective solutions. Many of our products offer Legacy HP-UX and RMB users a migration path to Red Hat Linux.  Please contact us with any questions and check back for updates.

This page describes what we're working on and provides answers to some frequently asked questions.  

Frequently asked questions:

Q: Will TAMS products work with other Linux distribution besides Red Hat?

A: No, the software does not work on other Linux distributions  (such as White Box, Yellow Dog, Debian, Ubunto, Mandriva, SuSe, Turbolinux, Slackware or the Fedora Core). We currently support our products on specific kernels of Red Hat Enterprise Linux only.  SICL/VISA is supported on the original, unpatched kernels listed listed here.  The IO cards are dependant on IO library support.  BASIC and SRM/LX do not necessarily track the same as the IO libraries so check the revision pages for those specific products.  If it is on the list, it will work.  If it isn't on the list then it won't work.  If you attempt to install the package under an unsupported kernel (e.g. *bigmem),  the kernel driver will not load.  

Q: How do I know if I am running the 32-bit or 64-bit version of Red Hat Linux?

A: Red Hat does not distinguish whether the kernel is 32-bit or 64-bit in the kernel revision. To find out which of these you are running, type 'uname -m' at the Unix command prompt. If it prints 'i686', then you are running the 32-bit version. If it prints 'x86_64', then you are running the 64-bit version of the kernel.

Q: What is TAMS support plan?

A: In general, we'll provide technical support for our current software release along with the one previous version.  (e.g. we'll fix a problem in versions 3.3 and 3.2, but not in 2.0)   We do not support every patch or kernel version that Red Hat releases.  Legacy code is always available.  We will continue to support Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) because it is a stable and tested Linux platform and the majority of our customers use it.

Q: What about VEE on Linux?

A: VEE Pro is a current Agilent Technologies product and they are responsible for its support.  At this time, Agilent does not support VEE on Linux and we do not expect them to do so in the future.