From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 16 13:56:27 2004 Return-Path: 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 5DDC916A4CE for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2004 13:56:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from uti.com (matrix.uti.com [204.248.52.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4979D43D1D for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2004 13:56:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from moliveri@uti.com) Received: from localhost.uti.com ([127.0.0.1] helo=www.uti.com) by uti.com with smtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1Asqj4-000ANG-00; Mon, 16 Feb 2004 15:56:26 -0600 Received: from 204.248.53.43 (SquirrelMail authenticated user moliveri) by www.uti.com with HTTP; Mon, 16 Feb 2004 15:56:26 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <4252.204.248.53.43.1076968586.squirrel@www.uti.com> In-Reply-To: <200402161517.26889.algould@datawok.com> References: <4007.204.248.53.43.1076961887.squirrel@www.uti.com> <200402161517.26889.algould@datawok.com> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 15:56:26 -0600 (CST) From: moliveri@uti.com To: "Andrew L. Gould" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Dell PowerEdge 2500 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 21:56:27 -0000 That's what I was hoping to hear. Thanks for the responses, all! Take care, Mike > On Monday 16 February 2004 02:04 pm, moliveri@uti.com wrote: >> Anyone have any experience installing FreeBSD on a Dell PowerEdge >> server? >> 2500 or any other? I'm looking at having to do so and, having not done >> it >> before, I'm just wondering if there are any gotchas I should be aware of >> or if I have to use their OpenManage CDs or something. >> >> Take care, >> Mike > > The server I have at work is a Dell PowerEdge. I think the specific model > is > 1400SC; but my memory could be faulty. It's on the other side of Texas, > so I > can't see the case right now. > > The server came with a small, bootable dos partition at the beginning of > the > scsi hard drive that has certain utilities. Since I was new to FreeBSD at > the time; I left the dos partition in place. The Dell CD's were put in a > drawer.....somewhere. I've never used them. > > FreeBSD installed easily and has performed flawlessly. I don't remember > what > version I installed back in 2001; but the server has remained on the > STABLE > track via cvsup and 'make world'. The server houses PostgreSQL databases > used for clinical analysis and acts as a SAMBA server for the analysts. > > I've replaced the IDE CDROM with a Sony DVD RW DRU-500A to burn gzipped > pg_dump files to DVD-R. Dealing with the server's screwless case drove me > nuts. The DRU-500A's went on clearance -- good price for excellent > hardware, > if you can still find one. > > My only advice is the same for all computers: Max out the RAM while it's > relatively inexpensive. > > Happy serving, > > Andrew Gould > >