Date: 27 Jul 2000 08:38:14 -0400 From: Chris Shenton <cshenton@uucom.com> To: Shawn Kelly <kellysm_2k@yahoo.com> Cc: mjy@geizhals.at, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Reliable rackmount servers? Message-ID: <lfhf9brbnt.fsf@Samizdat.uucom.com> In-Reply-To: Shawn Kelly's message of "Wed, 26 Jul 2000 10:47:26 -0700 (PDT)" References: <20000726174726.19793.qmail@web5103.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Wed, 26 Jul 2000 10:47:26 -0700 (PDT), Shawn Kelly <kellysm_2k@yahoo.com> said: Shawn> I'm very, very new to FreeBSD. With that said, I have a couple Shawn> of comments. I noticed that you left Compaq off of your list. I Shawn> believe that Compaq has several servers that would fit the bill Shawn> for you. Also, if you look in the FreeBSD Handbook you will Shawn> note that FreeBSD supports many Compaq drive array controllers Shawn> and NICs. I tried this a couple years ago with some Compaq gear. They have proprietary hardware on the motherboard which caused me a *lot* of headache. After installing FreeBSD, I found it couldn't see the Ether, SCSI, or video hardware. I had to reinsall WinDoze so I could use Compaq's damn GUI software to disable these devices, then install my own cards for Ether, Video, SCSI. Kinda pointless duplication of HW. After installing FreeBSD again, and configging it came up. But then I made the mistake of wanting to add more memory. Ooops, gotta reinstall WinDoze so I can use the that damn Compaq GUI again to tell it that the RAM has changed. Reinstall FreeBSD again. Close the box. Weld it shut so no HW will change and the GUI won't be needed. Maybe it would have helped to create a small WinDoze partition so the GUI would be available when I wanted to change HW. But dammit, I don't want WinDoze anywhere: I want a FreeBSD ISP. Further, I hate paying for the onboard HW when I can't use it. BYW: after FreeBSD came up, it saw the HW: real cheap video HW with very small RAM, and old, old tired cheapie ethernet chipset, etc. I guess I was glad I installed my own HW instead of this crap. I will NEVER use Compaq HW again. I've been very happy with generic best of breed HW (mobo, scsi, ether) or Dell servers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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