Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 21:32:38 -0500 (EST) From: <up@3.am> To: Rowan Crowe <rowan@sensation.net.au> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: TX pro II motherboard Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001102127540.85287-100000@richard2.pil.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.01.10001111159510.14332-100000@velvet.sensation.net.au>
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On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, Rowan Crowe wrote: > On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Pete Mckenna wrote: > > > We have 50 or so L440GX MB runnig FreeBSD and are pretty happy with > > them. > > They have a Intel PRO/100+ (Intel 82559) and Adaptec 7896 Dual Channel > > SCSI onboard. > > These boards also can export preboot info via a serial port which is > > nice for long distance bios access. We have many of these server in > > remote dark sites. A new rev is supposed to support up to 700MHZ PIII. > > Oh, and these are SMP boards. > > Sounds great, except for the price... a quick look at a price list shows > that it's nearly 8 times that of the TX pro II! It won't be a high end > server so that board would definitely be overkill. Does the TX pro II include onboard LVD SCSI, Fast Ether and SMP? BTW, I've seen the L440GX+'s at pricewatch.com for under $600 US... > The serial port boot sounds good too - that's the only reason I need video > on board, to configure the BIOS and debug any early boot problems... What I do is keep a serial cable plugged in it, going to a PM2e30, so I can telnet to the PM and attach to the serial port and do just about anything you can do from a "real" console, including boot a different kernel, get into the BIOS (looks kinda funny, though), etc. James Smallacombe PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor up@3.am http://3.am ========================================================================= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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