Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 01:51:20 -0500 From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org> To: John Vender <john@jmv.com.au>, John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dell PowerEdge 1650 Message-ID: <20020323065120.120B0BA05@i8k.babbleon.org> In-Reply-To: <l03102800b8c1bbc94fa5@[203.173.134.92]> References: <3C9BA9B4.5040508@unisys.com> <l03102800b8c1bbc94fa5@[203.173.134.92]>
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On Saturday 23 March 2002 12:05 am, John Vender 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 | | There seems to be a view shared by many that Dell make well-built | computers. That may be the case but I have learned the hard way that anyone | expecting any help from them getting FreeBSD working correctly on one of | their systems (or anything other than windows or the linux they ship with) | is going to be very disappointed. Major hassles getting FreeBSD going | properly on Dell systems seem to get worked out by the FreeBSD gurus here | but I would put Dell near the bottom of my list as choice of hardware for a | FreeBSD server that isn't a nightmare to set up. Well, I'd say that Dell is some of the more FreeBSD-friendly hardware available, in general. Of course I've never used a PowerEdge. They one of the few that actually (a) tests their hardware with Linux and in some cases ships with it, and (b) has some FreeBSD drivers on their site. What company do you deal with that is significantly *more* FreeBSD-friendly? [Of course I don't *expect* tech support from *any* vendor to help me with problems under FreeBSD -- why would you expect that anyway?] That said, I'd order 1 and see if I had any trouble and then order the other 6. | | Cheers...John | | | | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org | with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Brian T. Schellenberger . . . . . . . bts@wnt.sas.com (work) Brian, the man from Babble-On . . . . bts@babbleon.org (personal) ME --> http://www.babbleon.org http://www.eff.org <-- GOOD GUYS --> http://www.programming-freedom.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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