Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 15:42:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Patrick McManus <mcmanu@direct-internet.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on a Compaq Proliant 2000? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980508154144.28351D-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <01bd7a83$9a3e23b0$21c7c7c7@gta105>
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On Fri, 8 May 1998, Patrick McManus wrote: > Is FreeBSD supported on a Compaq Proliant 2000? I have had no luck > attempting to install various versions of Linux on this beast, they > don't support the on-board NCR SCSI controller. Also, if FreeBSD does > support the Proliant 2000, how easy is it to configure to support SMP? > My Proliant has two 486DX-50 processors, with slots for two more. Dual 486s, eh? I don't think FreeBSD can do that. It has SMP for Pentium class and above CPUs only. The SCSI controller may be supported -- try booting a boot floppy and see what it finds. This is going to be hard. I assume this doesn't have PCI slots. 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
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