From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 23 13:31:33 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66C5016A4CE for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 13:31:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from vir2.relay.fluke.com (vir2.relay.fluke.com [129.196.184.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2686543D3F for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 13:31:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from paul.lutt@fluke.com) Received: from sarguy.tc.fluke.com ([129.196.165.251] RDNS failed) by vir2.relay.fluke.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Fri, 23 Jan 2004 13:31:27 -0800 Received: from paul (helo=localhost) by sarguy.tc.fluke.com with local-esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Ak8ti-0000xD-00; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 13:31:26 -0800 Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 13:31:26 -0800 (PST) From: Paul Lutt X-X-Sender: paul@sarguy.na.flukecorp.com To: "Jackie S. McCracken" In-Reply-To: <2E6D639430377992@jacktel.com> Message-ID: References: <2E6D639430377992@jacktel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Jan 2004 21:31:27.0033 (UTC) FILETIME=[41E76A90:01C3E1F8] cc: paul.lutt@fluke.com cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re:HP DL360 G3 Hangs on Disk Removal X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 21:31:33 -0000 I feel your pain. I so much want to use FreeBSD. We've used Red Hat Linux for years, but I have 20 odd servers that are running 7.2 which is no longer supported by Red Hat. The cheapest I could get support for would be $150/server if I install Enterprise Desktop. I was going to go with Debian, but I'm having a devil of a time with the Broadcomm ethernet versus Woody, the "stable" Debian release. I'm in the midst of building a custom kernel to see if I can get it up and running. I really like the FreeBSD model, having used SunOS for years. But having the RAID controller unreliable makes this a non-starter. It is especially frustrating to see how well the PERC raid driver works. It behaves exactly the way you would expect. Hope you have better luck in the future. Paul Lutt Fluke Corporation paul.lutt@fluke.com