Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 17:26:04 -0500 From: "doug.fee@unisys.com" <doug.fee@unisys.com> To: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dell PowerEdge 1650 Message-ID: <3C9BAF7C.2070605@unisys.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0203221713090.8575-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org>
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Thousand comedians out of work and you're trying to be funny...why not just answer the question.... Duh...I know that I can choose other vendors, however my corporation is a partner with Dell so I can get them cheaper than buying from someone else or building my own...as if I had the time anyway... John Bleichert wrote: >On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, doug.fee@unisys.com wrote: > >>Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 17:01:24 -0500 >>From: "doug.fee@unisys.com" <doug.fee@unisys.com> >>To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG >>Subject: Dell PowerEdge 1650 >> >>Hi All, >> >>Does anyone know or tried to run FreeBSD on a Dell PowerEdge 1650? >> >I'm > >>pretty sure it would work, but I'm not sure about the dual embedded >>gigabit ethernet cards that come with it. I tried to find out exactly >> > >>what they are, but to no avail. I'm thinking that maybe it is the >> >Intel > >>PRO/1000 XTs. But it is confusing since Dell offers them as add-on >>cards also. >> >>Any light on this issue would be greatly appreciated since I'm >>considering buying 7 of them... >> >>Thanks, >>Doug Fee >>Network Design Engineer >>Unisys Corporation >>doug.fee@unisys.com >>502-226-2143 >> > >Why not just ask Dell to provide them with FreeBSD on them? > >heheBWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHA I kill me sometimes .... > >...sniff, hhehehe, seriously - can you buy them w/o an opsys on them? If > >so, why not choose a different vendor wich will sell you servers with >BSD >on them or save some money and build your own? > >Just curious. > >|-John Bleichert----syborg@stny.rr.com----------------| >|-------------------http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg--| > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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