Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2000 13:58:41 -0400 From: "James E. Quick" <jq@quick.com> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Would this be a good choice with either freebsd-current or 4.0 Message-ID: <200004091758.NAA02229@papoose.quick.com>
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I need to install a new freebsd server for IPSEC, firewall duties, sendmail and innd. My biggest concern is power budget. I am looking for a FreeBSD compatible system to run a headless server which has a frugal power budget. Though size is not a huge concern, smaller is better. I saw several recent posts implying that a system marketed as BookPC worked with freebsd but it had no serial ports (thus less desirable headless) and contained a WinModem which is useless to me. My base requirements are 128-256MB ram, 10/100 ethernet, 2 serial ports. I came across the following URL today, which seems to be just what I am looking for - as long as it works. http://www.interpromicro.com/sy-saharaII2000spec.html I was thinking that a bare bones system with a 7200 RPM ATA drive and a 500 or 550Mhz Pentium III would make a great utility box, one that would be peppy enough for fast compilation, yet frugal enough to run for extended periods of time on UPS. Does it look like this would be a straight forward system to install 4.0 on? Any caveats? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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