From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 28 6:17:47 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sunny.fishnet.com (sunny.fishnet.com [209.150.200.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BE2837B402 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 06:17:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from walleye.corp.fishnet.com (209.150.192.114) by sunny.fishnet.com (5.0.048) id 39FECC320040C860; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 08:17:49 -0600 Message-ID: From: Matt Schlosser To: "'biz@bacon.cs.uchicago.edu'" Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: but what box?? Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 08:19:00 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG We've had VERY good luck with VA Linux rack mount systems. You can use them with linux installed or they take BSD very well. http://www.valinux.com/ "Prohibition goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes crimes out of things that are not crimes. A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded." -Abraham Lincoln -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of biz@bacon.cs.uchicago.edu Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 1:28 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: but what box?? coming from a world of proprietary unix and/or apple computers, i am ignorant of what the best pc hardware choice would be given the following criteria: I'd like to install freebsd and run the following services on an eternet LAN: -http -postfix -dns -ftp -samba (does this even run on freebsd?) i would like to be able to order this box online. url suggestions anyone?! i have looked at the hardware compatibility list, but it is more modular than what i need. i'd like to just know of an existing box, NOT custom built, from a known vendor (or just widely used in freebsd community). many thanks --Joy 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