From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 19 02:16:30 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6258516A4CE for ; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 02:16:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rwcrmhc13.comcast.net (rwcrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.198.39]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF7FC43D53 for ; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 02:16:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsh.lists@comcast.net) Received: from [192.168.1.11] (tardiss.hsd1.ma.comcast.net[66.30.82.93]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc13) with ESMTP id <2005041902162801500o08k2e>; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 02:16:28 +0000 Message-ID: <426469F7.3000702@comcast.net> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 22:16:23 -0400 From: Sean User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050330) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ken Gunderson References: <20050418140342.4c168b72.kgunders@teamcool.net> In-Reply-To: <20050418140342.4c168b72.kgunders@teamcool.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: REcomomendations- New to AMD64 Platform X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: rsh.lists@comcast.net List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 02:16:30 -0000 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