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Subject: Re: Compaq Proliant 1600
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John Brooks wrote:
> I seem to have inherited a pair of Compaq Proliant 1600 
> servers and am considering loading freebsd onto them.
>
> Has anyone worked with Proliants before and specifically
> with installing freebsd on them? Is it worth the bother?
I have a 1600 with dual 1.5 ghz p3 procs, and a raid controller, that 
has run freebsd 6.1, 6.2, 7.0, 7.1, and now, 7.2. Never had a problem 
with the machine, everything on it simply works.

Been a good box.