From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Jan 10 11:12:24 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mail.riodata.de (firewall.riodata.de [62.16.139.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2003837B405 for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 11:12:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from kaperfahrt.nebelschwaden.de (62.16.179.95) by mail.riodata.de (5.5.031) id 3C32EB510000CBAC for hardware@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 20:14:42 +0100 Received: from nazgul.nebelschwaden.de (nazgul.nebelschwaden.de [172.16.36.10]) by kaperfahrt.nebelschwaden.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE0806440 for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 20:11:47 +0100 (CET) Received: from nebelschwaden.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nazgul.nebelschwaden.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB82B1FB3 for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 20:11:50 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <3C3DE776.4010403@nebelschwaden.de> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 20:11:50 +0100 From: Thomas Weberstaedt User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; de-AT; rv:0.9.7) Gecko/20020104 X-Accept-Language: de, en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IBM for server References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I do have an rather old IBM PC-Server330 (Dual PPro w/o RAID) and FreeBSD won't even install on it. Though this may be a non issue for newer Servers Thomas Scott Gerhardt wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of > > Weldon S Godfrey > > 3 > > Sent: January 10, 2002 7:02 AM > > To: Ingrid Kast Fuller > > Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: Re: IBM for server > > > > > > > > Beware of their "ServeRAID" controllers, they don't work on > > any FreeUnix > > except Linux. > > > > Other than that, I have at work two X series 330's and they work fine > > (with Adaptec 2110S RAID controllers) > > > > If memory serves me right, sometime around Yesterday, Ingrid > > Kast Fuller...: > > > > > I'm not familiar with the IBM servers and wondering if > > anyone could give > > > me some advice on a Model they have that would be compatible with > > > FreeBSD 4.2 or better? Thanks. > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Ingrid Kast Fuller, President > > > CityScope Net > > > 3910 Fairmont Parkway #264 > > > Pasadena, TX 77504-3066 > > > Voice: 713-477-6161 > > > Fax: 713-477-3734 > > > > > > http://www.cityscope.net > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > > > > Highly recommended! > > I've been running FreeBSD 4.3 on an IBM xSeries 230 5U tower for a couple > of months now with zero problems. The install was flawless and all > hardware was recognized perfectly. > The overall quality, chassis design, tech support and warranty is great. > The BIOS level setup and diagnostics are good as well. > > Beware: > All of the management software that IBM gloats about (IBM director etc.) is > useless on anything but Linux and NT/Win2000, but you don't need that > "fluff" anyway. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message