Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 14:58:03 +0000 (GMT) From: Aled Morris <aledm@routers.co.uk> To: Niall Smart <njs3@doc.ic.ac.uk> Cc: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>, lem@cantv.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP kernel on Compaq anyone? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.980319145338.9449D-100000@uk.ns.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <E0yFMad-0001Lv-00@ash1.doc.ic.ac.uk>
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On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, Niall Smart wrote: > On Mar 18, 9:06am, John Polstra wrote: > > I don't know the answer to your question, but I would be surprised if > > SMP FreeBSD ran on Compaq machines. Compaq, like the neighborhood > > dog, is incapable of walking past a bush without pissing on it. > > I was using FreeBSD on an HP E40 for development last summer and it worked > fine. I think they make multiprocessor versions of these machines, > I have no experience of them but they might be worth a look. I have just loaded 3.0-SNAP on a dual PII-266 IBM PC Server 325 and it seems to run just fine. I would recommend the IBM hardware wholehartedly. We have quite a few of the 325's now - all in the "rack drawer" (i.e. 19" rack mount) configuration. They aren't too expensive either, < US$3K for single PII-266 w/64MB RAM (diskless but includes Adaptec wide SCSI and a SCSI CD-ROM) with a slot for the second CPU and VRM. Aled -- tel +44 973 207987 O- aledm@routers.co.uk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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