Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 23:37:58 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Muthu_T@Dell.com Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.2 on DELL m/c's Message-ID: <4010B336.3090800@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <136A7C767A0679488C4642731C2186E00262D5@blrx2kmbgl301.blr.amer.dell.com> References: <136A7C767A0679488C4642731C2186E00262D5@blrx2kmbgl301.blr.amer.dell.com>
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Muthu_T@Dell.com wrote: >I had installed 5.2 Release on couple of Dell machines. >It works fine on all the systems. (but some dhclient error messages >thrown on console often). > >In older machines (like PE4300) it works only if we disabled ACPI. >But in new machines (PE1750, PE1650) it works fine by default(with >ACPI). > >All RAID and BroadCom network drivers are working fine. > >So if anything needs to be tested on Dell Machines please let me know. >I will do it in my spare time. > >But I cannot install 5.2 via USB CDROM. Anybody have any ideas? > > Make sure PERC boards work flawlessly - I had some issues with 5.1, but I think they're gone now. Broadcom gige nics seemed to "flop" up and down under heavy load on my 6450's under 5.1. Those are the only things I didn't like about FreeBSD+Dell.. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. ------------------------------------------------------------------
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