From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 26 20:14:39 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1761116A82F for ; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 20:14:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60F134505F for ; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 15:24:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.13.6+Sun/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k5QFOsj5010229; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:24:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.13.6+Sun/8.13.6/Submit) id k5QFOseV010228; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:24:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200606261524.k5QFOseV010228@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: cswiger@mac.com (Chuck Swiger) Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:24:54 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <449FF5B3.40004@mac.com> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL7] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Mike Galvez , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Opinions Wanted: Dell PowerEdge Servers ... ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 20:14:39 -0000 > > Mike Galvez wrote: > [ ... ] > > No small thing you need to consider when choosing Dell is that they DO NOT support > > FreeBSD. They support Windows and Red Hat Linux. If the machine is not lights-out > > and the OS is not one of the above, they will not send parts or a technician. > > > > I found this out the hard way and had to load Linux on a spare drive just to prove > > a piece of hardware was failing. > > I've heard that Dells tech support isn't as helpful as it used to be, but I've > had them replace a CD-ROM drive and a 4mm DAT tape backup on Dell machines > dedicated to FreeBSD without any problems. > > Try running the diagnostic CD or floppy that came with the machine? > (Or can be downloaded for the specific system type from the Dell website.) Dell support grumbles a bit, but they have replaced tapes, disks, SCSI controllers and even mother boards on our machines running FreeBSD. ////jerry > -- > -Chuck > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"