From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 16 12:37:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA20575 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 16 Apr 1998 12:37:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA20530 for ; Thu, 16 Apr 1998 19:37:15 GMT (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id MAA07068; Thu, 16 Apr 1998 12:37:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 12:37:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Steve Caine cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Do FreeBSD and HP Netserver E45 Work Together In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19980415201850.006db978@mail.cfg.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Steve Caine wrote: > I'm currently running FreeBSD (several different releases) on several > different unbranded machines -- all working fine. > > I would like to bring up a couple more systems on HP Netserver E45's (which > I do not have yet so cannot test). I've always liked HP gear but have > frequently found it to be slightly nonstandard. Is anyone actually running > a current FreeBSD on one of these boxes? From past experience, I'm worried > about the compatibility of a) the on-board SCSI adapter, b) the IDE CD-ROM, > and c) the NIC. > > I've searched the archives for "Netserver" (and variants) but can't find > anything conclusive. The NetServers (at least the LC) use EISA bus and require a small hack to get EISA cards to probe properly. You have set a flag on something, but what I forgot; check the mail archives. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message