Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 16:15:02 +0200 (CEST) From: "David E. Meier" <dev@eth0.ch> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how about Dell PowerEdge 750 ? Message-ID: <1260.217.162.71.141.1084889702.squirrel@serv04.inetworx.ch> In-Reply-To: <1151647267187.20040518115319@playstos.com> References: <1151647267187.20040518115319@playstos.com>
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Hi Alessandro, we are running 5.2.1 on a Dell 750 with SCSI RAID 1. So far no problems, installation showed no difficulties except for the keyboard: After the boot loader prompt it was "lost". Workaround: Select option: 6. Escape to loader prompt then enter: set hint.atkbd.0.flags="0x2" and boot: boot To make this persistent you must set this value in /boot/device.hints later on. Besides this minor issue, everything went smooth for us. I guess 4.9 will work on it as well, it does for Dell's 1750. Dave > > Hello, > > we're evaluating some new servers, but before buying I'ld like to know > if someone else have experience (or hints or any other comments :) ) > about using FreeBSD 4.9 (or 4.10 when will be ready) on a Dell > PowerEdge 750 with SCSI hard drives. > > Does the Dell PERC4/SC (or DC) RAID controller is supported ? on the > handbook's i386 hardware list I've not found any PERC4 controller... > it means I'm lost ? ;) > > What about the "Intel 7210 server chipset" ? > > > Generally speaking, any suggestion about a low-cost Dell > rack-mountable FreeBSD-compatibile server ? :-) > > Many thanks in advance ! > > > > -- > > Alessandro de Manzano > > System & Network Administrator > Playstos - TIMA S.p.A. > Corso Sempione 63 > 20149 Milano, Italy > > tel.: +39-023314153 > fax : +39-02315678 > email: demanzano@playstos.com > > http://www.playstos.com > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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