Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:30:28 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> To: Gavin Atkinson <gavin@FreeBSD.org>, Sam Wun <swun2010@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: freebsd for Sun Fire X4250 Message-ID: <3909AEA610D981D9C08188FA@Macintosh-2.local> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1001112300530.56540@ury.york.ac.uk> References: <736c47cb1001102049v71757b78oe954fd39f9d03118@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1001112300530.56540@ury.york.ac.uk>
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We have a SunFire 420 running amd64 FreeBSD release 7.2. I doubt you will have a problem. --On January 11, 2010 5:05:04 PM -0600 Gavin Atkinson <gavin@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > On Mon, 11 Jan 2010, Sam Wun wrote: >> This server is built with Xeon cpu processor, Intel based. >> Can FreeBSD 8+ fully compatible with this server like those ordinary >> Intel i386 machine? > > Although it's hard to say (the Sun website doesn't really give enough spec > details), I'd be surprised if it doesn't work. FreeBSD runs very nicely > on every Intel- and amd64-based Sun machine I've tried it on. > > You'll almost certainly want to use the FreeBSD amd64 release rather than > i386, and I'd probably recommend 8.0-RELEASE, although 7.2 should work > fine. > > By the way, this is the wrong list for questions like this: if you have > any others, you're probably best off directing them to > freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org > > Gavin > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Paul Schmehl, If it isn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ****************************************** WARNING: Check the headers before replying
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