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Date:      29 Sep 1998 09:46:41 -0400
From:      Chris Shenton <cshenton@uucom.com>
To:        vallo@matti.ee
Cc:        Mike Grommet <mgrommet@insolwwb.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Can freebsd work with IBM PC Server 325?
Message-ID:  <86hfxrm3pa.fsf@samizdat.uucom.com>
In-Reply-To: Vallo Kallaste's message of Tue, 29 Sep 1998 14:51:03 %2B0300
References:  <005e01bdeaf1$d2f79220$0cf896d0@work2.insolwwb.net> <19980929145103.A24100@matti.ee>

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Vallo Kallaste <vallo@matti.ee> writes:

> Mike Grommet <mgrommet@insolwwb.net> 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.

Haven't tried FreeBSD on the 325 yet, but we have a raft of them here
running Solaris-2.5.1 and 2.6. I'd think if it could run solaris it
could run FreeBSD. Sorry, just anecdotal.
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