Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:23:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Maude User <maudeuser@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, talk@lists.nycbug.org Subject: Newbie needs help setting up rackmount server Message-ID: <20050811202345.30032.qmail@web31611.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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Hello -- I recently installed FreeBSD 5.3 on my laptop and now I want to install it onto a rackmount server (hardware specs below). I hate to ask a silly question but here goes: Do I need to get a USB CD-ROM drive (and keyboard and monitor) for the server in order to install FreeBSD... or is there some way I can install onto the rackmount server from the laptop? (There's no CD-ROM on the rackmount server, but the laptop has a CD-RW/DVD+-RW.) The rackmount server consists of the following: > Motherboard: Tyan GS12 single-processor 1U rackmount barebones server with: --> ICH-5R & Intel 875P chipsets (I understand FreeBSD 5.x is ok with these) --> Supports Intel P4 processor 800/533 MHz FSB --> Supports up to 2 IDE HDD devices (Serial ATA and Ultra ATA/100 connectors) --> Supports RAID 0, 1 --> Integrated LAN controller (Intel 82547GI CSA & 82541GI PCI 10/100/1000 GbE LAN controllers) with two RJ-45 LAN connectors --> One 32-bit/33 MHz PCI v2.3 slot --> Four USB 2.0 ports --> Phoenix BIOS on 4Mb Flash ROM; UCR and PXE (LAN remote boot); SM BIOS 2.3.1 (backward compatible w/ DMI 2.0) ---> Programmable 2-line LCD display with drivers for FreeBSD > Processor: Intel "Northwood" 2.8GHz 533MHz FSB Socket 478 Pentium 4 (no hyperthreading) > Memory: 2 x Micron 1024MB DDR400 ECC Registered PC3200 400MHz 184pin RAM > Hard drives: 2 x Western Digital 250GB Serial ATA hard drives Here's some further info about this Tyan motherboard: http://www.tyan.com/products/html/gs12b5103_spec.html ftp://ftp.tyan.com/manuals/m_gs12b5103_100.pdf http://www.dansdata.com/ttransport.htm Thanks for any help. -- Steve Brooklyn, NYC __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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