From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 23 23:19:38 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F19337B401 for ; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 23:19:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from babyruth.hotpop.com (babyruth.hotpop.com [204.57.55.14]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB9B343F85 for ; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 23:19:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com) Received: from hotpop.com (kubrick.hotpop.com [204.57.55.16]) by babyruth.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 7A38C23E48A for ; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 05:23:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fortytwo. (ip68-109-49-234.lu.dl.cox.net [68.109.49.234]) by smtp-1.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id F39341A01A4; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 05:23:09 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 01:22:48 -0500 From: Vulpes Velox To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20030425012248.776999de.kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> In-Reply-To: <20030424042825.90575.qmail@hpcaz.com> References: <20030424042825.90575.qmail@hpcaz.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.2claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.7) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-HotPOP: ----------------------------------------------- Sent By HotPOP.com FREE Email Get your FREE POP email at www.HotPOP.com ----------------------------------------------- cc: webmaster@hpcaz.com Subject: Re: Hardware Compatibility X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 06:19:38 -0000 On Wed, 23 Apr 2003 21:28:25 -0700 webmaster@hpcaz.com wrote: > QUESTIONS: > 1) Does FreeBSD support IDE RAID controllers? http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.8R/hardware.html BTW check out vinum. That will handle raid. > 2) Does it support AMD Athlons (natively)? More or less. The kernel afaik has no special optimizations for it, but check out make.conf. > 2) Where can I find information for configuring FreeBSD for use in these > situations? > SITUATION: > I've been a RedHat user for years and currently support a large number of > RedHat servers--HTTP, SMTP, FTP, and VPN servers, to name a few. Check the portstree and use man. http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html Never done VPN befor but there is stuff in the portstree for it. I've done http, smpt, ftp, and ect thought and have never had a problem with it befor. > I was recently turned on to FreeBSD. I downloaded the ISOs and installed. So > far, I like it! > > All the software I need to run on it will work. However, the biggest problem > I'm having is hardware compatibility. > > The servers I produce are (mostly) turn-key--that is, they're not Dells or > Gateways. Most of my customers are looking for high performance at the > lowest possible cost. Thus, I offer a lot of IDE RAID and Athlon-based > servers to them. > > I've received a suprisingly good response with this and other "budget" > hardware configurations. All of the manufacturers I use provide Linux > drivers for their hardware or the support is provided in the Linux kernel. > > None of the vendors I use provide FreeBSD software (with the exception of > Adaptec for version 4.11). So, I'm guessing that the support for hardware on > the compatibility list is provide by the FreeBSD project but I can't seem to > locate the documentation for setting up these configurations. Use man and ask specific questions. If you are looking for a answers to a specific question, none of which were contained in ye's email, just ask and it will most likely be answered. Here are some nice places to start for more reading... http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=asr&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+4.8-RELEASE http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/vinum-vinum.html http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/index.html