Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 22:16:23 -0400 From: Sean <rsh.lists@comcast.net> To: Ken Gunderson <kgunders@teamcool.net> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: REcomomendations- New to AMD64 Platform Message-ID: <426469F7.3000702@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <20050418140342.4c168b72.kgunders@teamcool.net> References: <20050418140342.4c168b72.kgunders@teamcool.net>
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Ken Gunderson wrote: > Hello: > > I'm a long time FreeBSD useer but with as of yet no experience with the > ADM64 platform. Ready to take the plunge but want to make sure I've > got my ducks in a row first. > > I'm considering using a Tyan based barebones, e.g. TA26 which uses > their K8S Pro mainboard fleshed out with a couple 246's, ZCR, 2x1 GB > DDR333, and some seagate u320 scsi drives. Deployment will be web/ > application (maybe some Zope/ Plone/ JBoss/ Jetty/ Tomcat stuff)/ email > and database server project. No real heavy lifting on the db side. > > I've searched through the archives and find that there have been > various issues in the past with the Tyan K8SR and K8S Pro boards, but > from what I gather they were not necessarily platform specific, e.g. > broadcom driver and > 4gb of ram, and have apparently been resolved. > These two boards seem to use the same components but in different > layouts. Are there any outstanding issues with one vs. the other that > I should be aware of? > > Any feedback/advice greaty appreciated. Thanks. > I am using a Tyan S2885ANRF motherboard and it has been running great for me. I was having initially problems and such but once I went up to current, it has been running great. Built this system back in December. sean@tardis$ uname -a FreeBSD tardis.mydomain.net 6.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT #0: Fri Jan 28 19:02:44 EST 2005 sean@tardis.mydomain.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TARDISKERNEL amd64
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