Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 22:18:15 -0700 From: clark shishido <clark@ruminary.org> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@mooseriver.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What hardware do you use ? Message-ID: <20020510221815.A64621@ruminary.org> In-Reply-To: <20020510112835.B45651-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>; from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu on Fri, May 10, 2002 at 11:48:12AM -0700 References: <20020510153118.GA23467@mooseriver.com> <20020510112835.B45651-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 11:48:12AM -0700, Doug White wrote: > > 1) At eGroups/Y!Groups we used Intel L440GX+ motherboards. These are now > (sadly) discontinued, but supported slotted P2 and P3 CPUs. Very solid if > you used approved memory. I despise the L440GX+ mobos I have to work with at work (AvantGo). I've run into many SCSI errors with the L440GX+ unless you have BIOS revision 14.x or higher. They're a pain in the a** to upgrade the BIOS, and one of the SCSI buses is dumbed down to SE. The only redeeming feature of the L440GX+ is that they have the BIOS out serial console, but they haven't earn my trust. I used to have a two cabinets full of Tyan 1837's which were rock solid; I never had to go to the colo armed with a boot CD and a BIOS on a floppy just to stabilize a machine. That's my opinion for BX/GX based mobo's. I'm still undecided on the newer AthlonMP and Intel SBC2 boards, but of course I don't form judgemental opinions until I've admin'ed them for at least a year. --clark To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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