Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 22:47:25 +1000 From: Michael.Still@ipaustralia.gov.au To: "Jose M. Alcaide" <jose@we.lc.ehu.es> Cc: Doug.Jackson@ipaustralia.gov.au, carl@xena.aipo.gov.au, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dell PowerEdge 6300 with 4 Xeon processors ? Message-ID: <4A2567FA.004642D8.00@noteshub01.aipo.gov.au>
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--0__=ksfvrVZWxQYiA1Nk9Br4AmErXI8Uc0ymDu3ZnyAoawu7TbadB3x7tgAX Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline To: "Jose M. Alcaide" <jose@we.lc.ehu.es> cc: Doug Jackson, carl@xena.aipo.gov.au, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Dual processor, able to go to quad though. Michael "Jose M. Alcaide" <jose@we.lc.ehu.es> on 28/09/99 10:40:38 pm To: Michael Still cc: Doug Jackson, carl@xena.aipo.gov.au, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dell PowerEdge 6300 with 4 Xeon processors ? Michael.Still@ipaustralia.gov.au wrote: > > We run Dell PowerEdge 2300, 4300 and 6300 machines with FreeBSD 3.2 just fine. > You should be aware that the install dies if you have too much RAM, we had to go > down from 2GB to 128 MB when we ran the install CD. You are right to put the > extra memory back in after that. One little question: are you running FreeBSD on quad processor 6300s ? > Also, be aware that the Power Edge Raid Controllers (PERCs), are not supported > by FreeBSD at the time. I have a feeling there is a driver in current, but we > have a policy of only running from release. We use vinum and it flies. I plan to use Vinum, indeed. Thanks very much! -- JMA ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jos --0__=ksfvrVZWxQYiA1Nk9Br4AmErXI8Uc0ymDu3ZnyAoawu7TbadB3x7tgAX Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable =E9 M=AA Alcaide | mailto:jose@we.lc.ehu.es Universidad del Pa=EDs Vasco | mailto:jmas@FreeBSD.ORG Dpto. de Electricidad y Electr=F3nica | http://www.we.lc.ehu.es/~jo= se Facultad de Ciencias - Campus de Lejona | Tel.: +34-946012479 48940 Lejona (Vizcaya) - SPAIN | Fax: +34-946013071 -----------------------------------------------------------------------= "Keyboard not present -- Press F1 to resume" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message = --0__=ksfvrVZWxQYiA1Nk9Br4AmErXI8Uc0ymDu3ZnyAoawu7TbadB3x7tgAX-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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