From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 11 22:03:38 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86F7A106566C for ; Mon, 11 May 2009 22:03:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tibor@tibor.org) Received: from alpha.tibor.org (66-230-99-2.static.acsalaska.net [66.230.99.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 381748FC16 for ; Mon, 11 May 2009 22:03:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tibor@tibor.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by alpha.tibor.org (8.14.2/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n4BM3bUN078619 for ; Mon, 11 May 2009 14:03:37 -0800 (AKDT) (envelope-from tibor@tibor.org) Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 14:03:37 -0800 (AKDT) From: Mike Tibor To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20090511140055.G78105@alpha.tibor.org> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (alpha.tibor.org [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 11 May 2009 14:03:37 -0800 (AKDT) Subject: Re: Compaq Proliant 1600 X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 22:03:38 -0000 I've loaded 4.x and 6.x on Compaqs in the past. I don't recall which models, specifically, but I don't recall running into anything out of the ordinary. All were SCSI rackmount boxes, and at least two had RAID controllers installed which FreeBSD recognized and used just fine. Mike On Mon, 11 May 2009, John Brooks wrote: > I seem to have inherited a pair of Compaq Proliant 1600 > servers and am considering loading freebsd onto them. > > Has anyone worked with Proliants before and specifically > with installing freebsd on them? Is it worth the bother? > > -- > John Brooks > john@day-light.com > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >