From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 6 21:01:33 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA05486 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 6 Feb 1999 21:01:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA05480 for ; Sat, 6 Feb 1999 21:01:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id PAA21441; Sun, 7 Feb 1999 15:31:25 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.2/8.9.0) id PAA09024; Sun, 7 Feb 1999 15:31:23 +1030 (CST) Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 15:31:23 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Hpyrep Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hardware and FreeBSD Message-ID: <19990207153123.D86778@freebie.lemis.com> References: <000701be5258$2b652080$0d78fea9@hpyrep> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: <000701be5258$2b652080$0d78fea9@hpyrep>; from Hpyrep on Sat, Feb 06, 1999 at 09:10:23PM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Saturday, 6 February 1999 at 21:10:23 -0800, Hpyrep wrote: > Hi all, > > Getting ready to build a server and need to know if I can use > FreeBSD as the OS. It would be nice to know what you want to serve. > I've added the server hardware configuration below, if you would let > me know if this will work. > > CPU, motherboard & case (N440BX-BX): > Dual Intel PentiumII 450MHz with MMX, Full Tower Server case > Operating System: > FreeBSD To take advantage of both processors, you'd need FreeBSD 3.0 or better. 3.1 will be released in a couple of weeks; I'd recommend that. > Memory: > 128 MB 100MHz SD-RAM ECC 16x72 (x 4) Depending on what you're serving, this might be a little light for the CPUs. > Storage Options: > 6.5 GB Seagate Ultra SCSI (x 4) > Adaptec PCI UltraWide SCSI controller > UltraWide SCSI cable > Mylex AccellerRAID (200 or 250) Is this a SCSI-SCSI controller or a bus-connected RAID controller? If it's the latter, we don't support it. > Video: > 2 MB PCI Trio 64-bit with MPEG support You don't normally need MPEG support on a server. Are you planning anything special? > Keyboard & mouse: > Premium Windows 98 Keyboard Not a keyboard I would recommend. But it'll work. > CD/DVD ROM 32x EIDE > Audio: None > Modem: > DSL modem and NIC (1-2 512kb connections) This should work fine with FreeBSD. I can't make any statement about performance because I don't know what you're planning to do with it. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message