From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 29 04:52:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA07247 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 04:52:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from myhakas.matti.ee ([194.126.98.150]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA07234 for ; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 04:52:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from root@myhakas.matti.ee) Received: (from root@localhost) by myhakas.matti.ee (8.9.1/8.9.1) id OAA24418; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 14:51:04 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from root) Message-ID: <19980929145103.A24100@matti.ee> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 14:51:03 +0300 From: Vallo Kallaste To: Mike Grommet Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can freebsd work with IBM PC Server 325? Reply-To: vallo@matti.ee References: <005e01bdeaf1$d2f79220$0cf896d0@work2.insolwwb.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <005e01bdeaf1$d2f79220$0cf896d0@work2.insolwwb.net>; from Mike Grommet on Mon, Sep 28, 1998 at 10:08:17AM -0500 Organization: =?iso-8859-1?Q?AS_Matti_B=FCrootehnika?= Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mike Grommet wrote: > Hi guys... one of the auction sites has a steal on ibm pc server 325's > and we are needing to upgrade several web servers... > however, we need to make sure we can use freebsd with them... > > They have an on board adaptec 7880, which is supported from what I have > read, > but I am unsure of the darn PCI 10/100 ethernet card which is onboard... > > anyone using freebsd and a pc server 325? *** For what I have seen, IBM has only Intel chip based networking ( Etherexpress Pro 100/+/B ) or AMD PCNet based onboard ( lnc ). The better way is to boot the machine with corresponding floppy, I suggest using one from the latest BETA. I have several IBM PC-servers lying around, but I'm sad I never got a chance to try them under FreeBSD, they run LoseNT, blaah. Vallo Kallaste vallo@matti.ee To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message