From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 19 11: 4:44 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from darkstar.umd.edu (darkstar.umd.edu [128.8.215.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4D2537B719 for ; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 11:04:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bfoz@glue.umd.edu) Received: from glue.umd.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by darkstar.umd.edu (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f2JJ4eC10469; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 14:04:40 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bfoz@glue.umd.edu) Message-ID: <3AB65848.29E9C6B@glue.umd.edu> Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 14:04:40 -0500 From: Brandon Fosdick X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Martin McCormick Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Does freebsd work well on Dell Platforms? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Martin McCormick wrote: > > We plan to replace 3 Suns with high-end freebsd systems > and the University has a contract with Dell. > > Since wee can probably get the best deal on these > systems and since they seem to be generally very good, I am > asking as to whether there are any problems with running freebsd > on new high-end Dells? > > I know I have had fair to very good luck getting Linux to > work on Dell 266-MHZ dimensions so I know some platforms are > fussier than others. One system with a SCSI bus is basically > okay but with no sound yet. Another similar system with no SCSI > bus is fine but seems to take a long time to boot. At least its > sound works. > > I realize that freebsd is not Linux, but I imagine it > likes some systems better than others. > > What are the thoughts of the masses? I have FreeBSD 4.2 running on two Dimension 4100's and a C800 laptop. No problems. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message