From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 4 20:51:51 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C767716A403 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2007 20:51:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dave.list@pixelhammer.com) Received: from ecluster6.tls.net (ecluster6.tls.net [65.196.224.136]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8C8EA13C43E for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2007 20:51:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dave.list@pixelhammer.com) Received: (qmail 82125 invoked by uid 89); 4 Jan 2007 20:51:23 -0000 Received: from 208-70-43-96.bb.hrtc.net (HELO ?192.168.0.103?) (ldg%tls.net@208.70.43.96) by auth-ecluster6.tls.net with SMTP; 4 Jan 2007 20:51:23 -0000 Message-ID: <459D68D5.90803@pixelhammer.com> Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 15:51:33 -0500 From: DAve User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Windows/20060516) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Questions References: <226ae0c60701041229k5d7aa426vefecfc73b09e53e0@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <226ae0c60701041229k5d7aa426vefecfc73b09e53e0@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Sun Fire x2100 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 20:51:51 -0000 David Robillard wrote: >> Just finished searching the archives and net and turned up a few >> answers. I also checked the AMD64 release notes for FBSD 6.1. >> >> Is anyone running FreeBSD on a Sun Fire X2100? Any caveats I should know >> about? Looks like it should be a simple install and run. We will be >> using these servers as outbound SMTP servers so they will be running >> just the minimum mail services, smtp-auth, and clamAV. > > Hi DAve, > > I had a Sun Fire X2100 in here a year ago to test it. It installed ok > using FreeBSD/amd64 RELEASE-6.0. My guess is that it should be alright > with 6.1 or the upcoming 6.2. > > Your best bet is to get a Sun rep loan you one of them so that you can > try it out. If they refuse, the sometimes have some in their own > offices which you usually can go to and try it. > > Here are the ifconfig(8) and (rather long) dmesg(8) output from the > Sun Fire X2100 running a GENERIC FreeBSD/amd64 RELEASE-6.0 kernel on > January 8th, 2006. > > Have fun, > > David Thanks, I suspected as much after searching the FreeBSD lists and looking for info on the net. We can always build what little we need on Solaris, I just prefer to use FreeBSD when I can. These are not fancy servers and they will not be doing anything other than basic AV scanning and pumping mail out the door for our network clients. I appreciate the response. DAve -- Three years now I've asked Google why they don't have a logo change for Memorial Day. Why do they choose to do logos for other non-international holidays, but nothing for Veterans? Maybe they forgot who made that choice possible.