Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 16:03:03 +0200 From: "Jorn Argelo" <jorn@wcborstel.nl> To: Key Dof <kde@europages.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PowerEdge 1850 Message-ID: <20041004135545.M61493@wcborstel.nl> In-Reply-To: <1096891159.95899.15.camel@ramses> References: <1096891159.95899.15.camel@ramses>
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On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 13:59:19 +0200, Key Dof wrote > Hi, > Did anyone try to use fbsd 4.10 on a dell poweredge 1850? i am > intending to buy one but i need to be sure that i can run fbsd on it > (scsi, raid and network). > Thanks > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" It would be nice if you post the specs the next time ;) Anyway, if I get it right it runs an dual Xeon with EM64T. If you want to use that you will need the AMD64 port of FreeBSD 5.2.1. I'm not sure if EM64T is backwards compatible with the x86 instruction code, so 4.10 will not be an option. The main problem will be the RAID controller. SMP on 5.2.1 is also not really top notch AFAIK. So I would make sure to get a CPU without the EM64T/AMD64 instructions, so you can run 4.10 on that machine, thus you make sure that the RAID controller will function properly. See the hardware notes for more information. Cheers, Jorn
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