From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 21 23:34:04 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A99937B401 for ; Wed, 21 May 2003 23:34:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from misery.sdf.com (misery.sdf.com [207.200.153.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EA0B43F85 for ; Wed, 21 May 2003 23:34:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tom@sdf.com) Received: from tom (helo=localhost) by misery.sdf.com with local-esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 19Ii2W-0000my-00; Wed, 21 May 2003 21:50:52 -0700 From: Tom Samplonius To: cp@cvt.dk In-Reply-To: <39659.80.196.249.98.1053544578.squirrel@ns.cvt.dk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org cc: erwin@lansing.dk Subject: Re: FreeBSD on IBM x345 2U server? X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 06:34:04 -0000 X-Original-Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 21:50:48 -0700 (PDT) X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 06:34:04 -0000 On Wed, 21 May 2003 cp@cvt.dk wrote: > Thats right. I was thinking that same kernel would be > on the floppy and CDROM, and if remaining drivers did not fit onto the > floppy they would be on the drivers.flp option. Well, 2.88MB (two floppies) still isn't very much. If my eyes do not deceive me, all the drivers and kernel modules amount to about 16MB (contents of /boot/kernel on 5.1-BETA). Now, admittedly, you don't need sound drivers to install the OS, but still... > Regardless, it works now. > > I guess its time I give up the very old (bad?) habbit of > installing from a floppy-set and ftp :) > > I look forward to see how much data I can push through > FreeBSD and IPF with gigabit ethernet cards on a PCI-X bus. > > Thanks > Christoffer Tom